The use of stigmatizing terminology in National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded grant abstracts has decreased by over ...

Clatsop County on the Oregon Coast started a new deflection program to help people exit drug addiction and enter recovery.

Elizabeth Bathurst lost both of her sons to drug addiction - one year apart - but she created a foundation in their honor to raise money and awareness for animal shelters in the Region.

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“My parents didn’t know what to do.” By his early twenties, Hill was grappling with addiction. He abused painkillers, sold drugs, and frequently entered and exited treatment program ...

Rehabilitation for drug addiction has several psychological benefits, including: Improved mental health, increased self-esteem; improved emotional regulation, improved coping skills, improved ...

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The enCompass program was developed by the nonprofit organization Addiction Policy Forum to tackle the stigma around addiction, correct ...

The world is facing two immediate health crises concerning drugs and vaccines: affordable and reliable access to life-sparing medicines and the safety and reliability of those medicines.

It can occur with prescription or nonprescription drugs. It can also range from mild ... which signals an addiction to that substance. Anyone can develop substance use disorder.

Self-compassion is a relatively new construct in the scientific literature, and there is currently a lack of robust psychometric measures of self-compassion in the workplace. Therefore, validating the ...

Deprescribing medications known as ‘fall-risk increasing drugs’ (FRIDs) is a common strategy to prevent falls. We conducted a systematic review to determine its efficacy for the prevention of falls ...