Addiction recovery advocates are wary that President Donald Trump’s plan for addressing the substance abuse epidemic in the United States won’t sufficiently help the problem without action from ...

The White House issued an executive order Jan. 29 to address substance use and addiction. The order establishes the White House Great American Recovery Initiative, a federal effort tasked with ...

Walgreens has launched a program to train pharmacists and pharmacy staff to better identify mental health and substance abuse issues in their patients. To create the “Mental Health First Aid” training ...

Public health officials surveyed the lived experiences of residents in 2024 to assess real-life health issues facing the ...

PITTSBURGH — Mental health problems and substance abuse disorder often occur together. Health experts say both can be triggered by exposure to stress or trauma, changes in the brain, or family history ...

Are you stressed, overwhelmed, or have uncontrolled anger or relapsed? Do you keep doing the same thing and nothing has helped? Are you struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues? Have ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump has long been adamant about fixing what he described as America's "opioid crisis," something which was a key focus of his first term as president as well as his second. The ...

Study examined substance abuse rates before and after Hurricane Katrina. — -- The dangers of hurricanes, earthquakes and floods can seem clear, with high winds, rising waters or powerful tectonic ...