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Substance use, addiction, and mental health affect many aspects of daily life in America and touch every community across our nation. During the past two decades, over 1.5 million lives have been lost to drug overdose and suicide, and… [...]
On June 27th, SAMHSA recognizes National HIV Testing Day with a simple message: take back your health by knowing your HIV status. HIV testing is easy, empowering, and an important part of personal health. Knowing your status helps you… [...]
If you have lost any of your loved ones, then this can be considered as the most painful instance in your life. This particular situation in life, where one experiences that they have lost a loved one, is called… [...]
By now, you might be well aware of what dopamine, serotonin, and even cortisol do to your body and mind. In small waves, these hormones can have positive impacts, even cortisol (the stress hormone), but what happens when you… [...]
When you decide to stop using alcohol or drugs, your body doesn’t just flip a switch and return to normal. Withdrawal is your body’s way of adjusting to the absence of substances it has learned to depend on. Understanding… [...]
How to support a loved one struggling with substance use challenges losing yourself? When someone you care about is struggling with substance use, you might feel like you’re constantly walking a tightrope. On one side, there’s your deep desire… [...]
[Jounral Abstract] OBJECTIVE: To estimate trends in maternal opioid use disorder (OUD) and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in Maine using the most recent data available. STUDY DESIGN: We used hospital discharge data to estimate the annual prevalence of maternal… [...]
The authors examined 2019–2020 Medicare claims data to compare rural versus urban patterns of change in telemental health use during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors found that telemental health mitigated barriers to mental health services during the pandemic, but… [...]
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