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How Making art improves mental health

May is mental health awareness month, making it a great time to invest in new ways to tend to your emotions. Creating various pieces of...

How older adults can get help with addiction

"You might be surprised to learn how many older adults are living with addiction, misusing substances like alcohol, nicotine and...

Hospitals have specialists on call for lots of diseases — but not addiction. Why not?

"In the fall of 2020, Tadie launched a new approach at Salem Hospital, using $320,000 from a federal grant that the hospital had worked...

When it comes to addiction, Americans’ word choices are part of the problem

"In recent years, a coalition of doctors, recovery advocates, researchers, and even government officials have pushed to swap out...

Telehealth leads to better opioid outcomes

A new study reports that including telehealth as treatment for opioid use disorder during the pandemic was associated with better outcomes,

STAT: Punishing drug use heightens the stigma of addiction

August 17, 2021: Research has consistently shown that interacting with members of a stigmatized group and hearing their stories directly...

National Institutes of health: Words matter: language can reduce mental health and addiction stigma,

July 28, 2021: In a perspective published in Neuropsychopharmacology, leaders from the National Institutes of Health address how using...

Mashable: How to use social distancing to get closer to your friends and family

March 29, 2020: "It really is a chance to connect on a quality level ... now is the time to go deep," says environmental psychologist Lee...

BIG THINK:The 'opposite of addiction' theory: How community can drive recovery

March, 5, 2020: The path to sobriety isn't one that can be traveled alone, studies suggest. Read the full article here.