Researchers found that most parents with a substance use disorder abuse alcohol. Other substances most commonly named in the study included cannabis, cocaine, and prescription drugs.

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Using the criteria contained within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the diagnostic standard, almost 1 in 5 individuals smoking weed for medical therapeutic reasons ...

Substance use disorders can alter a person's whole experience of the world, even after use ends.

Adopting the term "preaddiction" could have potentially disastrous consequences for people with substance use disorders.

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Nearly 49 million people in the US ages 12 and older – more than 1 in 6 – had a substance use disorder in 2022, according to survey data released Monday by the US Department of Health and ...

A new study estimates that 19 million children in the U.S. have a parent with a substance use disorder and that alcohol is the most commonly used substance by the parents.

A new study has revealed that a quarter of children in the U.S. have at least one parent with a substance use disorder. This data is then analyzed alongside the DSM-5 — the Diagnostic and ...