Questionable Practices, High Costs Still Plague Residential SUD Treatment Space

Even after regulatory crackdowns at the state and federal levels in recent years, many residential treatment programs are still using questionable tactics to recruit individuals for expensive substance use disorder (SUD) services, according to a newly published study in the journal Health Affairs. For the study, researchers from the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of […]

Alcohol-Related Deaths Have Doubled in Past 20 Years

Rates of alcohol-related deaths among Americans have roughly doubled in the past 20 years, with women accounting for a considerable portion of the spike, new research shows. Despite the national focus on fighting the opioid epidemic, the findings suggest that there’s still work to be done when it comes to alcohol addiction. The study was […]