Injured adolescents from marginalized groups treated at pediatric trauma centers are more likely to be tested for drugs and alcohol than white adolescents, even when accounting for injury severity, a ...

Although most clinicians caring for youths aged 17 years or younger reported screening for substance use disorders, many did not do so at every checkup, and 36.9% did not use a standardized screening ...

Injured adolescents who present at trauma centers who are Black, American Indian, or Hispanic are more likely to undergo screening for biochemical alcohol or drugs than their White peers. Adolescent ...

bout The Study: The findings of this study suggest that while most clinicians report screening youths for substance use disorders at least sometimes, a substantial proportion screened only ...

Northwell Health is expanding its substance use screening protocol to include inpatients across 12 of its hospitals in the New York area. The New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based health system already screens ...

TRENTON — The chairman of the state Senate Health Committee has introduced legislation that would require public school districts, charter schools and nonpublic schools to provide annual substance-use ...

Alcohol, tobacco and substance use are common among young adults; problematic alcohol use is especially prevalent on college campuses. There are a variety of factors that influence individual patterns ...

During January, the county Department of Behavioral Wellness joins the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health ...

Nearly 19 million children in the United States have at least one parent with a substance use disorder, according to a new study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. And a significant number of those ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...