The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last week that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health ...

The pandemic exacerbated substance misuse and overdose deaths, leading the agency to decide on the final rule, expanding access to opioid treatment programs. A new final rule allows some providers to ...

WASHINGTON -- Two members of Congress presented markedly different views on how to reform the nation's mental health system at a briefing here. The congressman has introduced legislation known as the ...

del Vecchio is former SAMHSA executive officer. At the age of 23, after years of mental health problems, addictions, and trauma, I found myself on a Philadelphia subway platform ready to end my life.

Representatives Murphy, DeGette, and other members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for inviting me to testify today. I am a psychiatrist trained at Yale University School of Medicine. I served on the ...

SAMHSA’s mandatory guidelines have served as the blueprint for many state drug testing laws and policies since 1988. But new methods for oral fluids testing will mean big changes. Workplace drug ...