Alexis 'Lexy' Welch recalled that she “barely had the will to live” when she lost custody of her three young children because of her struggles with addiction. The 30-year-old Welch was one of three ...

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), just under 11% (2.5 million) received care at an addiction treatment facility in 2012. SAMHSA also estimates ...

Shortly after radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh publicly admitted addiction to prescription painkillers, he made a beeline for treatment. But coming to the decision to get that care -- much like ...

Ayesha Ameri has made history as the first Emirati woman to be officially recognised as a specialist in addiction treatment psychology. At just 30 years old, Aisha has dedicated the past nine ...

This suggests that addiction is less about losing the ability to choose and more about how context shapes choice. When someone is in treatment, they may genuinely want to stop using because the ...

The findings, published on April 30, 2025 in the JAMA Psychiatry, suggest that this evidence-based therapy may be a promising tool in the fight against opioid use disorder (OUD). Opioid addiction ...

substance use treatment Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government has introduced promised legislation to allow for adults and youngsters to be forced into addiction treatment facilities.

TULSA, Okla. — Valley Hope Addiction Treatment and Recovery, a nationally-renowned addiction treatment provider, announced the opening of its new outpatient treatment center in Tulsa.

To me that’s what it says. It screams that.” While addiction treatment experts agreed that Coats should have been chaperoned to the respite center, the location isn’t unusual. In the Tenderloin and ...

There are lots of ways to make a buck. Among the most repulsive is taking advantage of people at their most vulnerable in exchange for a payoff. A kickback. Some payola. So-called “patient ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN,, (WPBN/WGTU) - - Health resources are harder to access in rural communities and addiction treatment services are reaching out and going on the road to help bring their services ...

After years of working on the front lines of Edmonton’s addiction crisis, a group of psychiatrists saw a critical gap in the treatment system, one that left many people without the right support ...