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Brief cognitive behavioral interventions help reduce substance use disorders in teens

News Medical Health Sciences

Brief cognitive behavioral interventions that help young people manage aspects of their personality, such as impulsivity, sensation seeking, hopelessness, and anxiety sensitivity, have been shown to reduce teen Substance Use Disorders.

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Nearly 17 million children affected by parental substance use disorders in the U.S

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Nearly 17 million children and adolescents in the United States are estimated to live with a parent who has a substance use disorder, according to a study led by Texas State University, University of Michigan and Wayne State University.

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Telehealth shows promise for substance use disorder treatment in rural areas

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Recognition of telehealth as an effective strategy for delivering treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) has raised hopes for improving access to this treatment in settings with limited transportation or when time constraints compromise regular use of consistent access to in-person substance use treatment.

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Back to school: Nurse seeks training to help bridge mental health care gap in rural NC

NC Health News

Statewide provider shortage To help address the nations shortage of mental health providers, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has cited a need for more than half a million additional psychiatric mental health nurses to reach merely adequate access to mental health and substance use disorder care.

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Only a small fraction of people with mental health or substance-use disorders receive effective care

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per cent of people with mental health or substance-use disorders receive effective treatment for their disorders. New research estimates that globally, only 6.9

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Substance Use Disorder Profession

WA State Department of Health

Substance Use Disorder Profession stevie.mathieu January 13, 2025 - 2:30pm CR-101 Filed April 18, 2024 - 12:00pm CR-102 Filed December 16, 2024 - 12:00pm Further Information The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is proposing updates to reduce barriers to entering and remaining in the substance use disorder profession (SUDP) workforce and (..)

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UC San Diego receives $8 million grant to study the genetics of substance use disorder

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University of California San Diego School of Medicine has received a five-year, $8 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to study the genetics of substance use disorders.