The Many Paths to Wellness: Explore Chapter 5 in "Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health," which defines the concept of recovery from substance use disorders and reviews methods used by...
This week, NIDA releases its strategic plan for FY 2022-2026. Strategic planning is a process all NIH Institutes perform every five years, to take stock of the current state of research and set priorities that are ambitious but achievable...
The NBCC Foundation and NAADAC are pleased to announce the 2022 application period for the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Minority Fellowship Program for Addictions Counselors (MFP-AC) is now open. This program is made...
Presiden Biden mengeluarkan Proklamasi Presiden pertama yang mengakui 29 Agustus 2021 – 4 September 2021 sebagai Minggu Kesadaran Overdosis – waktu untuk menghormati nyawa yang hilang akibat epidemi overdosis dan berkomitmen kembali untuk...
Pandemi virus corona telah menghadirkan tantangan baru bagi layanan kesehatan masyarakat di seluruh dunia.
Meskipun para ilmuwan bekerja tanpa lelah untuk memahami lebih banyak tentang virus, masih banyak pertanyaan yang belum terjawab.
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Ada peningkatan yang stabil dalam kematian yang disebabkan oleh alkohol, menurut sebuah studi oleh para peneliti di National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), bagian dari National Institutes of Health.
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These key reports come from the US Pain Management task force at the Department of Health and Human Services. There are 5 instructive documents involving information and facts about pain management, the opioid addiction crisis, special...
Every September the Recovery Month Campaign aims to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover.
Over the years, Recovery Month has promoted and supported new evidence...
The Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University commissioned this study to better understand the economic and social costs of legalized marijuana. While much has been written about the tax revenue and total sales generated from...
This blog post by ICUDDR Executive Director, Kim Johnson, discusses a method for measuring national outcomes of efforts to reduce the number of overdose deaths in the United States.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released its five point strategy to combat opioid abuse, misuse, and overdose.
The five points that the strategy is based on are to:
A recent survey produced by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has analysed trends in substance use between young adults, aged 19-22, attending college and not attending college in the US.
Results show that the prevalence of...
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the most comprehensive survey of substance use, substance use disorders, mental health and the receipt of treatment services for these disorders in the United States. NSDUH began in 1971...
Source: World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research.
Continuous Update Project Expert Report 2018. Alcoholic Drinks and the Risk of Cancer. Available at dietandcancerreport.org
Executive summary
Background and...
Sudah satu dekade sejak krisis keuangan meningkatkan tingkat pengangguran di AS dan memaksa orang-orang di puncak karir mereka untuk menyerah mencari pekerjaan.
Bahkan hari ini, ketika pengusaha menambah pekerjaan dengan kecepatan tinggi...
