Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

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 ...

The ongoing legalization of cannabis in the United States has elicited cheers, boos and a host of questions. How much is safe ...

When most people hear the word addiction, they picture someone whose life has visibly unravelled. Yet addiction is often ...

Weight Loss and Substance Use. In addition to being a key feature of many eating disorders, body image disturbance and a ...

Credit: Getty Images. Health care workers biases, unconscious or conscious, can influence clinical judgement and affect the decision-making process—particularly in emergency departments. Although ...

Substance dependence disorder can affect anyone, but recovery is achievable with professional, effective, and affordable ...

Medicare essentially covers the least and most intensive services—office-based outpatient counseling and inpatient hospitalizations—for substance use disorder treatment, leaving beneficiaries who need ...

Project BEST at UNO expands intensive summer courses and supervision pathways to grow Nebraska’s licensed alcohol and drug ...