Substance use disorder is a treatable, chronic condition in which an individual has an addiction to using alcohol, tobacco, ...

Medical sociology examines how social, cultural, political and economic factors shape health in ways that medicine alone ...

This study will create a blueprint for a sustainable infrastructure to implement preventive interventions that promote behavioral health. It will also identify funding needs and strategies to support ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers a blueprint that the U.S. can use to expand evidence-based interventions to prevent mental, ...

Charlie Health, a company that offers virtual high-acuity mental health care services, launched a dedicated virtual treatment program for individuals with primary substance use disorders (SUDs). The ...

The odds of developing dementia are strongly linked to the number of co-existing mental health disorders, rising from twice as high for one disorder to 11 times as high for four or more, finds ...

Crazy in love just took on a whole new meaning. A sweeping study found that people with psychiatric disorders are more likely to say “I do” to someone with similar mental health struggles, rather than ...

In a breakthrough study, scientists have discovered that a variant in one gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness – something previously believed to be the result of several mutations working ...

Eating disorders can harm a person's physical and mental health in ways that linger for years, a new study reports. Anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and other such disorders bring with them a high risk ...

Time spent scrolling through TikTok or playing video games is widely seen to be driving the current crisis in youth mental ...

Tens of millions of adults and teens in the U.S. are affected by a wide range of mental health disorders. The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health notes that some of the most common ones include ...