Seeing your teenager struggle with alcohol can be a heartbreaking experience. Alcohol use can have serious consequences for young people, impacting their physical and mental health, academic ...

Even mild drinking is toxic to the body, contributing to long-term disease. Yet in many cases you can reverse that damage, ...

Finding the right type of support can make a meaningful difference for individuals and families facing difficult behavioural health challenges. Many people today explore a combination of professional ...

This issue of CMAJ features the updated Canadian guideline on screening for high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder, ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

There are many ideas as well as misconceptions about being an addiction interventionist. I sat down with Dan Lynch, a Board Registered Interventionist and Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor. Lynch is ...

"The story of the high-functioning alcoholic is not one of obvious tragedy by that of silent suffering." I have often said that a movie or a TV show featuring a high-functioning alcoholic (HFA) would ...