Substance use and substance use disorder differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person’s life. Substance use disorder is a mental health condition. Substance use refers to using both legal ...

Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) and Addictions are a major public health concern, affecting people’s health and well-being at all ages. The intention behind this collection was to publish original ...

The holy grail in medicine for the staging of clinical disorders has revolved around identifying biomarkers. Though morbidity resulting from chronic substance use has been inferred with certain ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

On July 1st-2nd, 2025, the Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders hosted a public workshop to examine how health and human services structures influence mental health and substance use ...

Source: Mark Gold, MD with permission Addiction medicine is in the midst of a conceptual tectonic shift. Recent work by Director Nora Volkow and her National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) colleagues ...