Joshua Kaufman, MD, medical director of Behavioral Health and Medical Integration at Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, discusses the bidirectional relationship between schizophrenia and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There are limited numbers of FDA-approved medications to treat alcohol and substance use disorders. Preclinical ...

GLP receptor agonists tied to lower substance use disorder risk in veterans, reducing emergency visits, hospitalizations, and overdose incidents.

Polysubstance use disorder is a mental health condition in which someone uses more than one substance at the same time or within a short period of time, despite a pattern of negative effects.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created both short-term and long-term negative consequences for behavioral health outcomes. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Forum on Mental ...

More than $471,760 is being awarded to 12 non-profits in the second round of opioid settlement funding, Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker said Thursday.

A major study of 2,652 adults with a substance use history in JAMA Psychiatry showed discontinuing smoking was strongly and positively associated with recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs).

At least half of everyone with eating disorders abuses alcohol or illicit drugs, five times more than people without eating disorders. Conversely, more than a third (35 percent) with substance use ...

Substance use and substance use disorder differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person’s life. Substance use disorder is a mental health condition. Substance use refers to using both legal ...