Doctors should adopt healthy habits to help encourage the uptake of physical activity and lifestyle medicine programmes in primary care patients, an RCGP workshop heard.

Offering comprehensive case management, support and advocacy to individuals with behavioral health needs at all points of the justice system continuum. Offering comprehensive case management, support ...

According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, 3.8 percent of American adults abuse opioids each year. Heroin is a drug that comes from a flower, the opium poppy, which usually grows ...

Individuals in sustained substance abuse recovery, advocates and community members gathered at the Logan County Courthouse Square Saturday for the third annual Rally for Recovery. The day began ...

Peer Recovery Support Specialists offer mentoring, education and support in group settings as well as individualized one-on-one coaching sessions. Peer-to-peer services offer participants the support, ...

PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — As National Substance Abuse Recovery Month continues through September, the city of Petersburg celebrated with a resource fair at its public library. With more than 15 ...

All addictions have the capacity to induce a sense of hopelessness and feelings of failure, as well as shame and guilt, but research documents that recovery is the rule rather than the exception.

Of that, $4.7 million will be going to Richmond to help fund a men’s substance abuse recovery center. The $4.7 million grant will get a $1.2 million local match. It is expected to create 200 ...

Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors ... Still, even with the uptick of counselors with degrees, individuals working as recovery support specialists often rely on real-world experience.

“Southwest Michigan, including Kalamazoo, is facing a growing need for enhanced recovery services as the region and state of Michigan experiences rising rates of substance abuse and mental ...

Topeka's alcohol tax money will again go toward drug and alcohol abuse ... Journal. Valeo's Social Detox program performed at the Valero Recovery Center is to help with the first step of substance ...

For some, the event might just have been the first day of a substance-free life. “Maybe this is their first recovery event, maybe they only have a few days in recovery, and then as they put some ...