Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his producer wife, Michele, set off waves of tributes and memorials, but for some families, it stopped them cold.

The opioid epidemic continues to affect communities across the nation. Narcare, a Seattle-based organization founded by ...

Burnout and low wages make it difficult to recruit and retain addiction recovery counselors. But those who do enter the field are often motivated by a need to give back, experts said.

If you've ever wondered why you keep making bad choices, the clue might lie in which cues you rely upon when making a decision.

Almost half of Australian teenagers who drink alcohol say they get it from their parents, prompting fresh warnings from ...

Inside a storage room at the Clark County Health Department are boxes with taped-on signs reading, “DO NOT USE.” The supplies ...

Psychiatrist Robert Custer spent his life convincing doctors that compulsive gambling was not an impulse control problem. Today, his research is foundational for diagnosis and treatment.

Matthew Belgarde credits North Dakota’s All of Us In Recovery program with helping him overcome addiction and find housing, education and employment.

Nearly one in two urban Indian parents say their children spend over three hours daily on screens. Many believe stronger age ...

Nigeria and much of Africa now face a similar issue. After years of promoting mobile phones and social media as tools for ...

A little girl in a pair of pale pink corduroy dungarees at a London play centre is trying valiantly to get her mother to read ...