Preventive Psychiatry for Mental Health Disorders
A review of the effectiveness of preventive psychiatry for mental health disorders finds a complicated array of results.
LifeSkills Training Has a Positive Track Record for Helping Kids Resist Drugs
LifeSkills Training is a school program that has shown excellent long-term results in helping kids resist drugs.
Surprising Good News in the Battle Against Substance Use Disorders
The Monitoring the Future Survey shows a surprising and steady decline in teenage substance abuse.
Job Loss and Addiction
Two studies, one new and one old, examine the impacts of job loss on substance use disorders.
California Sober
This term has many different meanings, depending on whom you ask, and requires an individualized recovery approach.
Understanding the Reward Response and Addiction
We try to untangle conflicting studies about the brain’s reward response system and addictive or compulsive behaviors.