Substance use disorder makes it hard to stop using substances even when they're harmful. Using the term "substance use disorder" helps separate the person from the treatable illness. Substance use ...

Nearly 49 million people in the US ages 12 and older – more than 1 in 6 – had a substance use disorder in 2022, according to survey data released Monday by the US Department of Health and Human ...

Among six distinct patterns of substance use identified in young adults in the United States in 2019, nicotine vaping and cannabis smoking were the most common, new research showed. Additionally, ...

Ty Schepis receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the US Substance Abuse and Mental ...

All individuals 18 or older who self-reported a solid organ cancer (not blood-borne like leukemia) were included, and the diagnosis of substance use disorder (SUD) was based on self-reported behavior ...

The co-occurrence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and substance use disorder (SUD) presents a complex challenge in psychiatric care. Individually ...

At least half of everyone with eating disorders abuses alcohol or illicit drugs, five times more than people without eating disorders. Conversely, more than a third (35 percent) with substance use ...