The Department of Psychiatry gives residents the opportunity to train in Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry to help those battling substance use disorders and addiction through our fellowship ...

The ancient practice of mindfulness may be a powerful tool in fighting the modern-day epidemic of opioid addiction, new research suggests. In a series of studies, an eight-week course in mindfulness ...

Before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the U.S. was making some headway in fighting the drug overdose epidemic. But as the nation directs scarce public health resources to combatting Covid-19, the ...

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA; 2023), more than 1 in 9 of American adults (11.8 percent) believe they have ever had a problem with alcohol or other ...

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found that embedding addiction treatment into primary care training clinics may be a promising approach to addressing substance use disorders (SUDs).

Drs. Jeanette Tetrault and Kenneth Morford of Yale School of Medicine (YSM) have been awarded a grant totaling $2 million to develop a behavioral health and addiction training program for primary care ...

Jonathan Goodman can recall most of the lectures he's attended at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He can recite detailed instructions given more than a year ago about how to conduct a ...

I am an emergency room doctor who is also board-certified in addiction medicine. I work at many different hospitals, in different states, with different population densities and cultures. I drop in, ...

We are in the middle of an overdose crisis in Canada and around the world. Opioid overdose is a complex problem, but opioid addiction can be managed with effective interventions. Nonetheless, many ...

ADDICTION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OPIOIDS. WHAT WE SAW IS THAT THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE WHEN WE LOOKED AT OPIOIDS, WHICH WE KNOW ARE KILLING A RECORD NUMBER OF TEENAGERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT ...