What are the long-term effects of parental substance use disorder on children’s mental health? In the United States, a recent study has shed light on a troubling issue: many children live with parents ...

Children of narcissists and addicts (all substance abusers) grow up in a stressful, dysfunctional family environment, which in most cases leads to codependency. Due to the symptoms and defenses ...

Therapists can help estranged families understand the past, work on making amends, and potentially rebuild their ...

When Patrick, 17, came home from school one day, he just knew his mom had relapsed. There was nothing specific he remembered about that day that told him she had relapsed again. Nothing seemed out of ...

Washington state Democrats’ commitment to enabling drug addiction has reached a new low. Instead of confronting a growing crisis where kids are overdosing or dying in homes riddled with fentanyl and ...

In one decade, over 321,000 kids in the U.S. lost a parent to drug overdose On a dock off a river in Florida, a group of teenagers sit close to each other, some with their arms wrapped around each ...

A new study found one in four U.S. children has a parent with a substance use disorder, a dramatic increase from years past A large portion of parents' disorders are considered moderate to severe The ...

Children who use cellphones, smartwatches and other personal devices excessively are more likely to have shorter attention spans, be more anxious, have trouble thinking critically, be less physically ...