When families and friends are desperate to get help for loved ones struggling with addiction, many turn to healthcare professionals who aren't trained in addiction [...]

The federal government has awarded a $3 million grant focused on increasing accessibility to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in rural areas to Pennsylvania’s Department of Human [...]

NPR’s podcast Embedded spoke recently with a former nurse named Joy who found herself addicted to an opioid called Opana. Click here to listen. This [...]

To effectively treat a physical or mental health disorder, it’s important for health care providers to know the history and situations that a person has [...]

View our video with Comcast Newsmakers regarding services in Charles County and Charlotte Hall for substance abuse and mental health issues as well as our [...]

According to Peter Piot, world re-known epidemiologist of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the priorities of global public health are evolving to [...]

A new study authored by John P. Rice of Washington University, to be published in September 2012’s issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, is [...]

Many of us may have experienced the relief of getting something “off our chest” with a trusted confidante. We may also have experienced the disappointment—an [...]