Addiction Treatment

Here are 20 new addiction treatment centers and programs that Becker's reported on in 2023:

Upper Valley Cares Behavioral Health is the first nonprofit in Washington to offer teletherapy services for drug and alcohol addiction to people across the state, the Wenatchee World reported Dec. 7.

Addiction treatment provider Eagle Healthworks is opening a new addiction clinic in Bridgeport, Ohio, CBS affiliate WTRF reported Dec. 7.

Addiction treatment provider Ideal Option has opened a new clinic in Baltimore, ABC affiliate WMAR reported Dec. 8.

Areas with higher rates of illicit opioid abuse also saw higher rates of suicides among children, pointing to a link between the two crises, a study published in Demography found. 

West Virginia is the state with the most drug related deaths, while Nebraska has the fewest, according to data published by the United Health Foundation Dec. 5.

Smoking rates declined by over 10 percentage points from 2011 to 2022 among adults aged 18 to 24, but declined more slowly among older adults, a study published Dec. 1 in JAMA Health Forum found. 

Around four in 10 addiction medicine fellowships are unfilled in 2023, according to a National Resident Matching Program report published Nov. 29. 

A new Addiction Recovery Care psychiatric facility has opened in Russell, Ky.

Hays, Kan.-based High Plains Mental Health Center has expanded its treatment program for substance use disorders.