For years, addiction was seen as a matter of personal failure—a bad habit or a lack of discipline. People believed those who ...

NEW HAMPSHIRE can cut overdose deaths by 70% and save billions in health care costs just by letting pharmacists do something ...

The session emphasized different strategies to initiate buprenorphine, naltrexone, acamprosate, gabapentin, and phenobarbital ...

By Shams Rahman While working as a psychiatrist in 2009, Dr Lucas Trautman noticed an increase in the number of patients with ...

Maybe you’d like to spend time on hobbies or hang out with friends, but nothing feels as exciting and engaging as it used to ...

The International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), a globally recognised body of over 15,000 professional members and 55 ...

Addiction is not a moral failing. It's a medical disease, and those in recovery who need medication like buprenorphine should ...

A unique program is gaining traction in some California emergency rooms – helping people struggling with opioid addiction take that first step toward recovery.

Reducing the stigma and shame associated with addiction is crucial to recovery, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), the Addiction Policy Forum (APF), and Nora Volkow, M.D.

Founders' Day recently celebrated the 90th anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous. It incorporates an often untapped aspect of ...

John is a person in long-term recovery and formerly incarcerated. James Patrick Murphy, M.D., MMM, DFASAM is currently the American Society of Addiction Medicine's Region X director. Dr.