Copper Shores Community Health Foundation will be hosting a 10th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts from 5:30 to 11 p.m. Registration is currently open at coppershores.org/gala. In December 2013, the foundation separated from the Portage ...

[This is the second in a series that examines what stigma looks like and how it damages those who receive it.] A major goal of mental health policy in the United States is to reduce barriers to service utilization, Psychiatric Services, a monthly publication of the American Psychiatric ...

Alcohol use disorders (AUD) are among the most highly stigmatized medical conditions, BMC Health Services Research reported in a January 2023 article titled Public stigma and treatment preferences for alcohol use disorders. “Only a minority of individuals with AUD seek treatment, and stigma ...

The future is now: the technologies of today were the stuff of sci-fi novels a few years ago. Artificial limbs controlled with a thought, genetically modified pigs bred for organ transplantation into humans, and self-driving cars, all these amazing advances, and many others, are part of our ...

[This is the fourth part in a series that examines alcohol use disorder as a brain disorder and how public perceptions prevent those with the disorder from seeking treatment.] Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a brain disorder and a medical condition, it is not a choice and those who have alcohol ...

[This is the third part in a series that examines alcohol use disorder as a brain disorder and how public perceptions prevent those with the disorder from seeking treatment.] While science has established that AUD, or alcoholism, is a brain disorder and a medical issue, it has also been ...