Expert Resources for Supporting Loved Ones with Addiction

Discover expert insights and practical guidance from clinicians, researchers, and specialists to help parents, families and professionals support loved ones and community members with substance use disorder and addiction.

Southwest Behavioral & Health Services offers an array of programs to meet the unique needs of the Arizona communities served.
It's stressful to help your child struggling with substance use. It's harder when you and your partner don't agree on how to do it.
Mental health and substance use issues are just some of the topics that cause parents concern as the school year begins. Here's how to help.
Addiction family therapists believe that problems exist between people, not within them. Try to understand and validate experiences of all family members to get to the root issues.
There are many misconceptions about addiction in our culture which often prevent parents from coping with and helping stop their child's drug use. Learn to separate the myths from the facts.
The time is long overdue to remove the buprenorphine waiver requirement and expand access to this life-saving treatment.
Drug Prevention Resources envisions a drug-free generation, and believes Texans can make this a reality with the help of people like you.
Many substances are laced with other substances, like fentanyl. Learn tips for how you can help protect your child from accidental overdose.
The Governor's Prevention Partnership equips, empowers, and connects the people and communities of Connecticut to prevent youth substance use and violence.
The Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy coordinates Kentucky's response to substance use with the overarching goal of reducing problem use and making the Commonwealth a model for others.
the Partnership for a Drug-Free Jew Jersey provides free prevention services to schools, businesses and communities throughout the state of New Jersey.
We asked teens about their friends who engage in substance use and an intention to try substances in the future. Here's what they said.
Partnership to End Addiction recommends that the federal government adopt a number of policy changes to address the youth vaping epidemic.
Families with insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act are not getting the benefits required by law for substance use treatment.
The overprescribing of prescription pain relievers has been a major cause of the opioid epidemic. Know what to ask when your child is prescribed opioids.
If your son or daughter has decided to seek treatment for substance use, the first place to start is to get a substance use assessment.
You don’t have to be affected by drug addiction to support a friend whose kid is struggling, or have to know exactly what to say. You just have to be there.
During addiction, people often don't build life skills that are needed to manage a healthy life. Recovery is a great place to start.
David and Nic Sheff, of Beautiful Boy, wrote HIGH for teens to talk honestly about drugs.
The emotional pain of drug addiction gets magnified during the holidays. For families with someone newly in recovery, how do you have a “normal” holiday?
When your child is struggling with drugs, it can be sad, hopeful, frustrating -- all at once. How do you deal with this emotion and still help your child?
"You have to let him hit rock bottom" is what many parents hear when their child is struggling with substance use. But is that really true?
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