Addiction

YSS, a youth social services provider in Iowa, is opening the Ember Recovery Campus with a residential addiction treatment program, crisis stabilization and crisis recovery services.

A peer-run recovery center in Clinton is holding its first-ever candidate forum on Saturday with the goal of empowering Iowans who need mental health and substance use treatment to participate in the election.

Psychedelic-assisted therapy show promise in treating anxiety, chronic pain and PTSD. Experts discuss the latest research in the area.

Iowa is just starting to receive what will ultimately be $174 million in opioid settlement funds over the course of 18 years. But how the money will be spent is concerning public health experts and advocates.

An overhaul of Iowa’s mental health and substance use disorder treatment systems proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds is pending in the Iowa Legislature, and health officials and lawmakers say they are hopeful the changes will break down regional boundaries in services and funding to make it easier for Iowans to get help.

Reynolds’ 80-page bill, introduced to the legislature in February, lays out a plan to reshape mental health and substance use treatment services offered in Iowa.

Author Jerry Harrington discusses his new biography on Iowa. Governor and Senator Harold Hughes.

A look at dry January, plus a study by University of Iowa researchers shows a link between the location of a brain injury to levels in depression in patients.

A new report examines current research about social media's effects on the mental and physical health of young people.

People with substance use disorders often encounter biases in the medical community.