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New Jerseyans' demand for mental wellness and crisis services hasn't returned to pre-pandemic levels -- it's surpassed them

AG’s civil rights lawsuit raises issues advocates have challenged for years

Federal funds allow NJ nonprofit’s behavioral health services to expand

Multiple services under one roof at Paramus treatment center

Hope Sheds Light, a Toms River-based nonprofit, expands to another location

Activists call for less police involvement, more community resources

On Tuesday, Union County expanded Operation Helping Hand, an addiction recovery program, to operate year-round, instead of just one week.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced Wednesday that deaths from opioid overdoses in New Jersey dropped in 2019, from 3,118 to 3,021.

As the fatal overdose rate among youth continues to rise nationally, educators in New Jersey are looking to a prevention and early intervention program to ...

Recovering addict, best-selling author and founder of a wellness center Brian McAlister has created a virtual recovery tool to help others manage addiction recovery.

Treatment will replace incarceration. Will a program inside an old prison transform the way we think of addiction? Could an American oil giant fall under ...

Mid-State Correctional Facility will specifically treat inmates with substance use disorders. Gov. Christie hopes it becomes a national model.

Gov. Christie’s proposal nearly doubles the number of beds available to adults recovering from addiction and other issues.

New Jersey and New York have set aside inter-Port Authority competition and are instead uniting against an executive order from Trump. Christie suffers a legal ...

Forty-plus call takers who answer the 24-hour hotline at Rutgers Behavioral Health Center are trained to assess need, urgency and emergency and then match callers ...

No more flood insurance premiums rising along with waters. People in a notorious flood zone have protection and the promise of new construction too. The ...

Drug overdoses in Cape May County dropped from 47 percent in the first quarter of 2014 to just 21 percent for the same period this ...

Casinos in North Jersey. A powerful coalition of lawmakers and labor leaders want New Jersey citizens to vote yes. Might it doom Atlantic City? Dismal ...