The main goal when determining the level of care is to match the intensity of the treatment to the severity of the addiction.

Addiction can affect anyone, regardless of background, education, or income. It often starts subtly—using alcohol to unw ...

My previous posts have focused on recognizing and preventing excessive substance use, with an emphasis on providing the latest information about my special interest – cannabis (see 20 Questions to ...

These books are indispensable if you love an addict. More than 19 million people struggle with addiction, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. While knowing that you're not alone, ...

The majority of people Liz Wetmore and the team see at Huntsman Mental Health Institute's Addiction Recovery Services are self-referred, an important part of addiction recovery. Wetmore, a Licensed ...

Author Joey McCollum shares how five simple words helped him break free from addiction and reclaim identity, purpose, ...

At Lake Avenue Recovery, we guide people down a comprehensive Addiction Recovery Path that includes a Day Treatment Program. Our medical and clinical directors guide individuals through an assessment ...

Five days a week, for almost seven hours a day, children spend their time learning, playing, and interacting with others at ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

Katelyn Fullbright on the day she graduated from Women in Recovery.Credit...Barrett Emke for The New York Times Supported by By Nicholas Kristof Photographs by Barrett Emke Mr. Kristof is an Opinion ...

Just after graduating from medical school, Carl Erik Fisher was on top of the world. He was winning awards and working day and night. But a lot of that frantic activity was really covering up his ...