The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has unveiled a new scientifically validated online screening tool that can help providers uncover patients' problem substance use. The Tobacco, Alcohol, ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A new statewide assessment is set to find the best way to move forward with the fight against substance abuse in Kansas. The Sunflower Foundation says that it has chosen the ...

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A Bucks County police department is piloting a new program designed to get people into a drug addiction treatment program more quickly by using ...

SALISBURY — Through information from public opinion surveys, focus groups and statistical data provided by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, substance abuse, mental health and healthy ...

The usefulness of many screening instruments for alcohol-use disorders may be limited to certain populations. New research compares the performance of a two short screening instruments, RAPS4 and CAGE ...

In the face of the global pandemic, a key first step in returning to normalcy involves contact tracing: identifying who has COVID-19, who has been exposed to the novel coronavirus, and who is immune ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Mental health and substance abuse are among the top health-related issues in the South Shore community, according to Barton Health’s 2018 Community Health Needs Assessment.

Approximately 15 percent of teens receiving routine outpatient medical care in a New England primary care network had positive results on a substance abuse screening test, according to a report in the ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Health care providers across New Hampshire will use a nearly $630,000 grant to implement a new program to screen youth and young adults for substance abuse. The funding from the ...

OAKLAND — On one of Kietha Jones’ first visits to East Bay Perinatal, an Oakland obstetrics and gynecology practice, her nurse practitioner asked personal questions about alcohol and drug use many ...

Employee impairment from drug or alcohol use and the effects of substance addiction create significant risks in the manufacturing workplace. A momentary lapse of attention caused by impairment from ...