Most people use substances of some kind at some point in their lives, whether it’s alcohol at a celebration, prescription ...

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.

Identifying signs that you or someone you care about might have co-occurring disorders - the combination of mental health challenges and substance misuse - can be challenging, because symptoms may ...

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 ...

A new national study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, with colleagues at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, University of Chicago, National Opinion Research ...

Ty Schepis receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the US Substance Abuse and Mental ...

People with any type of substance use disorder (SUD) stand a 24% higher risk of having an unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of a previous discharge compared with those without the disorder ...

Young adults who heavily use substances may report significantly poorer memory decades later, a new University of Michigan study suggests. Researchers tracked how frequently participants reported ...

“Words of Hope and Change,” a conversation about substance use disorder and the stigma associated with it, will take place March 28 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 425 Shaw Ave ...