According to DSM-5, dissociation refers to the “splitting off of clusters of mental contents from conscious awareness.” An everyday example is daydreaming, or the experience of being so absorbed in a ...

Often starting in adolescence or young adulthood, many individuals have both a substance abuse disorder and at least one psychiatric disorder, although which diagnosis came first is frequently unclear ...

The Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT) has intensified its campaign against substance abuse by educating more ...

Drug and substance abuse continues to be a major problem across the United States, with 1 in 4 Americans over the age of 12 admitting that they used illicit drugs in 2022. 1 While alcohol, tobacco and ...

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 ...

Adolescence is a critical stage in the transition from childhood to adulthood, during which rapid cognitive, psychosocial, and physical changes are experienced 1. This period is characterized by a ...

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 ...

Struggling with substance abuse can feel overwhelming, affecting your physical health, mental wellbeing, and relationships.

Minister of Youth and Arts Dr. Abdallah Utumatwishima urged artists on Saturday, June 13, to avoid excessive alcohol use and drug abuse, saying the habits can fuel gender-based violence and other ...

Training in the Mandel School’s substance use disorders and recovery specialization will provide you with knowledge and skills to be a leader in substance use prevention as well as treatment of ...