Researchers learn more about genetic influences on SUD, and what we learn can guide later innovations in treatment and prevention.

How to find quality addiction treatment

New OUD research summarized for helps officials, practitioners, families, patients, and communities

By Mark Gold, MD Preliminary 2018 data from the Centers for Disease Control show a slight decline in drug overdose deaths.1 In the view o...

Contingency Management (CM) is a behavioral therapy based on Operant Conditioning Theory.

CME Outfitters (CMEO), a leading international provider for continuing medical education, has partnered with renowned addiction psychiatr...

In intensive outpatient programs (IOPs), patients can receive between nine-to-19 hours of treatment services per week.

The need for providers who are equipped and able to treat OUD is greater than ever.

Understand the basics of addiction, including how it affects the brain, why some people are more susceptible to developing an addiction, ...

We have 21 million Americans right now who are struggling with a substance use disorder.

Nobody chooses addiction. This isn't a choice for us. We aren't here because we're bad people, we're here because we have an illness.

SBIRT is a concept that has been utilized in other disease processes but really addiction is its primary usage.

When someone has been revived from an opioid overdose reversal medication, they come out of it very scared, angry and confused.

It's essential that we use the scientific process to guide how we implement treatment.

There are 23 million Americans that are in recovery and we need to make sure that everyone, families included have resources and support.

We have 21 million Americans right now who are suffering with a substance use disorder.

By Addiction Policy Forum The Addiction Policy Forum's Translating Science into Practice series provides policymakers and practitioners w...