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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...

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...

yoga as a tool for addiction recovery and mental health

"Practicing yoga on a regular basis helps with more than just flexibility . . . According to American Addiction Centers, yoga encourages...

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...

Medical Xpress: New technologies link treatments to the patients who need them the most

September 30, 2020: Many nicotine addiction researchers live far away from the smokers who want to quit, meaning that researchers can't...

MINNPOST: Culturally specific treatment programs help people of color achieve, maintain sobriety

August 12, 2020: Roots Recovery offers substance use and addiction treatment that focuses on meeting the specific needs of people of...

Medical xpress Q&A: How the COVID-19 pandemic affected alcohol consumption

July 7, 2020: A conversation with Dr. Edwin Kim, medical director of Penn Medicine's Charles O'Brien Center for Addiction Treatment,...

WHYY: In need of connection, those in recovery flock to virtual meetings

March 19, 2020: Treatment centers are adapting their approaches for the current health concerns. “People who go to meetings every day in...