GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (ABC 4) — With the fall semester comes added dangers for adolescents and teens, including a heightened risk of substance abuse during the school year. “Adolescents have a lot of ...

For adolescents struggling with substance abuse, traditional in-person interventions such as counseling are not always effective, and rural areas often lack access to these services. A researcher is ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – If you have a young adult in your life, whether you’re a parent, teacher, coach or grandparent, the topic of adolescents and substance abuse can be a complex one. Our ...

ASAP, the Adolescent Substance Abuse Program, has proven itself Arizona's finest outpatient treatment program for teen substance abuse ages 12-18 since 1991. In 2021 ASAP proudly celebrated its ...

Katy Bishop from Youth 180 joins Good Day Saturday to talk about how its holiday board game drive benefits teens and young adults dealing with mental health and substance abuse challenges.

New research shows that SBIRT — screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for drug misuse — is effective at preventing substance use in adolescents in a variety of clinical settings. In ...

Monday morning, Representative Susie Lee came together with a coalition of advocates to celebrate the renewal of the ...

High levels of neighborhood violence increase the risk of Latino and African American teens in Denver starting to use alcohol ...

Democrats and Republicans are coming together on a new law to fight youth substance abuse. While overdose deaths are going ...

The substance use policy landscape has changed dramatically over the past 15 years. Tobacco use policies have strengthened through increasing taxes and the enactment of smoke-free legislation as well ...

Until recently, the prevailing belief was that brain development ceased at around the time a child entered kindergarten (i.e., that the brain is 90-95% formed by age six). However, recent findings ...

This common dual diagnosis — bipolar disorder and substance use disorder — calls for treatment that addresses both challenges. At one time, Joanne M. found herself tangled in a web of a mental health ...