HUNTINGTON -- Results from the first three years of a screening program for behavioral health and addiction issues are showing promising numbers, according to data presented Tuesday at Prestera Center ...

An intervention that was originally designed for adults in clinical treatment settings is being pitched as a school-based solution to the opioid crisis. To determine which students are using drugs or ...

Sophia Mercado, who battled addiction as a high school student, said Thursday that she felt no one at her public school understood the signs of addiction or how to help a young person struggling with ...

SBIRT stands for Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment, and it assists individuals with substance use or mental health issues into treatment. The model has been in practice for ...

LOWELL — Verbally screening students for substance abuse could be a great initiative in the fight against the opiate epidemic, Greater Lowell school officials say, but the practice must come with ...