People who have been stable for years are suddenly re-exposed to risk — not because their disease worsened, but because their ...

In the Rapid City area, West River Mental Health received a $186k grant to add a position that will help mothers with a ...

Dr. Dave at Haight Ashbury Free Clinic. Source: Courtesy Dr. Dave When David E. Smith, M.D., now age 85, was a shiny new doctor just graduated from UCSF, he launched the first free medical clinic in ...

WMDT spoke with Executive Director of the Institute of Addiction Medicine Dr. Joseph Volpecelli, who says there are several misunderstandings about Alcohol Use Disorder. He said AUD is not about ...

SF researchers are now investigating whether the weight loss drugs can effectively help treat amphetamine addiction.

Overdose deaths are falling in Indiana, but most people who need addiction treatment still are not receiving it. Fear of ...

Now in its 57th year, the ASAM Annual Conference is the defining event in addiction medicine, bringing together over 2,500 physicians, clinicians, researchers, counselors, and policymakers dedicated ...

The American Board of Medical Specialties has recognized addiction medicine as a new subspecialty. Here are six things to know about addiction medicine and this recent decision. 1. Addiction medicine ...

Psychedelic therapy remains experimental and highly resource-intensive. Median treatment contact time was 29.6 hours in the ...

In 1935, when society largely viewed alcoholism not as a disease but as a severe moral failing, Sister Ignatia Gavin, CSA saw something different: a medical condition afflicting a person worthy of ...