New research shows that SBIRT — screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for drug misuse — is effective at preventing substance use in adolescents in a variety of clinical settings. In ...

New Jersey Citizen Action, with representatives from a South Jersey high school, is urging the Legislature to allow early health intervention for grades 9-12. Emeline Kovac, a junior at Bordentown ...

With opioid and other substance abuses creating public health emergencies state- and nation-wide, the University and Rhode Island Hospital have received grants from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental ...

As we enter September and the annual recognition of National Recovery Month, it’s imperative to examine the tools at our disposal to combat the pervasive issue of substance use disorder (SUD). One ...

Actively drinking patients who undergo screening, a brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for alcohol use disorder during hospital admission for alcohol-related conditions have fewer ...

Q: What’s the problem with schools publicly releasing student data if it doesn’t have their names attached to it? Is that the only risk to student privacy? Apart from school districts publicly ...

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation has published a study that shows pharmacies can be effective healthcare settings for identifying, educating and supporting linkage to treatment ...

A medical doctor, Dr Honest Anaba, has called for the integration of substance use prevention and treatment services in primary healthcare system. Dr. Anaba who is a certified Addiction Medicine ...