Despite significant advances in addiction science, a persistent and critical challenge remains: the vast chasm between the ...

Brief cognitive behavioral interventions that help young people manage aspects of their personality, such as impulsivity, sensation seeking, hopelessness, and anxiety sensitivity, have been shown to ...

Personality-targeted interventions represent an innovative and tailored approach to addressing substance use in adolescents by focusing on individual personality risk factors. Grounded in ...

Vaping, cannabis use, alcohol use, prescription stimulant misuse—these, and other addictive behaviors, affect a substantial number of adolescents in the United States, yet how should clinicians ...

Discouragingly, an ambitious study recently reported in the New England Journal of Medicine did not prove evidence-based interventions like distributing naloxone (Narcan) and providing access to ...

Jean-Luc Lemahieu is Director of the Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 25 June 2024 The theme of this year’s International Day against Drug ...

The Ohio Substance Use Disorders Center of Excellence (SUD COE) has developed “Clinical QuickNotes on Substance Use Disorders” as a tool to provide busy treatment providers with quick overviews of ...

Oregon consistently ranks near the bottom of the country in terms of access to treatment for substance use disorders. Portland-based Boulder Care seeks to address that by providing telehealth and ...

Social work students at the University of Oklahoma offer solutions and calls to action amid state's growing substance abuse ...