New research shows that SBIRT — screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for drug misuse — is effective at preventing substance use in adolescents in a variety of clinical settings. In ...

New Jersey Citizen Action, with representatives from a South Jersey high school, is urging the Legislature to allow early health intervention for grades 9-12. Emeline Kovac, a junior at Bordentown ...

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Wayne State University has been awarded nearly $1 million to train social work and nursing students to assess patients in primary care settings for substance abuse behaviors. Feleta Wilson, associate ...

Q: What’s the problem with schools publicly releasing student data if it doesn’t have their names attached to it? Is that the only risk to student privacy? Apart from school districts publicly ...

This article appears in print in the May 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. It’s a small but alarming statistic. Among kids ages 10–24, suicide is the second-leading cause of death in King County.

An age-appropriate version of the SBIRT program has been in place at Northwell's Cohen Children's Medical Center since the beginning of last year, the health system said. In May it said the program ...

Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, New York, is bringing a new approach to the way it responds to the opioid and substance use epidemic. Through a program called Pathways to Recovery, the health ...

Three years ago, 150-year-old Ascension Saint Agnes in Baltimore, part of a national Catholic health system, created the Saint Agnes Health Institute to address health care disparities and the social ...

The Massachusetts SBIRT Program, Screening for Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment, will host a presentation on "Alcohol and Medication Issues among Older Adults" Feb. 11, from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

PETOSKEY — In a partnership with Alcona Health Center, the Public Schools of Petoskey is introducing a new program to help find support and education — rather than discipline — for students who may ...