After nearly two years of addiction, Victoria Thierens said her life changed Nov. 30, 2019. In a cry for help, she called police and was taken to a behavioral unit to have a psych evaluation. There, ...

Addiction can affect anyone, regardless of background, education, or income. It often starts subtly—using alcohol to unw ...

According to the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, children need simple ways to understand substance use disorder and need to hear they are safe, loved, and not to blame.

If you have seen the movie Inside Out, you might already be familiar with the concept of internal family systems, or IFS, therapy. Developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz in the 1980s, IFS is a model of ...

In modern addiction and mental health treatment approaches, empathy is increasingly regarded as a core clinical skill.

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A drug and alcohol recovery center in Western Pennsylvania is sounding the alarm about alcohol use disorder in hopes of reaching people before it's too late. Inside the Recovery ...