Families

This guide helps people seeking care navigate the behavioral healthcare system. It provides information on health insurance, where to seek treatment, how to find a provider and make an appointment, and how to make other choices in a patient's healthcare journey.

This report, based on findings from the 2021 and 2022 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) presents key substance use, mental health, and treatment indicators among adults aged 60 or older in the United States.

This four-module toolkit offers strategies to develop peer support specialist programs for parents affected by substance use—whose children and families are involved with child welfare.

This web page lists facts on drug use and addiction and debunks many myths about substance use.

This website contains practice guides, case studies, and blueprints for integrating data, systems, and practices that affect school climate including factors like bullying, drug and alcohol use, and social-emotional competence.

This NIDA web page includes facts and figures on vaping devices, especially among teens.

This NIDA web page incudes resources for students, parents, educators, dorm supervisors, counselors, clinicians, and researchers related to substance use in college-age adults ages 19 to 22.

This NIDA web page includes information on commonly used drugs, including prescription drugs, with the potential for misuse or addiction.

This Mental Health Month toolkit provides practical tools that everyone can use to improve their mental health and increase their resiliency regardless of their personal situation.

This resource explains protections in federal law, collectively known as “parity,” which are designed to ensure that certain types of health plans cover mental and substance use disorders no less generously than they cover other health issues.