mental-health

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a thiamine-deficiency brain injury. What families notice first, why treatment is so often late, and what recovery looks like.

A practical guide for brothers and sisters of someone with addiction: your own risk, the roles you take on, how to set limits, and where to find support.

Tobacco kills more people after addiction treatment than alcohol does. What the evidence says about quitting smoking in recovery, and how families can help.

What post-acute withdrawal really is, how long it lasts for each substance, what families mistake it for, and what genuinely helps during the first year.

Mississippi's $32.6M rural health program round funds three EmPATH psychiatric emergency units beside hospital ERs, plus 57 other awards for rural providers.

When drugs or withdrawal cause hallucinations and paranoia, families get no roadmap. What it is, what to do in the first hours, and what the relapse data says.

North Carolina opened PIVOT, a two-year, $3.5 million pilot bringing crisis stabilization and substance use care to youth inside juvenile detention.

Growing up with a parent who struggled with alcohol or drugs leaves survival patterns that follow you into adulthood. What helps, and what to do first.

South Carolina set aside $100 million for Upstate psychiatric beds as Prisma Health builds a 112-bed behavioral health hospital near Easley, opening in 2027.