The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT San Antonio, in collaboration with the Be Well Institute on Substance Use and Related Disorders and its statewide program Naloxone Texas, has installed a free naloxone vending machine to expand access to lifesaving opioid overdose reversal medication.

A study published in October 2024 in Springer Nature’s Molecular Psychiatry found that brain volume changes correlate with social behavior differences in psychiatric conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia.

This story is featured in the September 2024 issue of the Bexar County Medical Society’s San Antonio Medicine Magazine. For the past decade, adolescent mental health disorders have skyrocketed, an issue propelled even further by the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health has declined surreptitiously for millions of people in recent years, affecting even the youngest among […]

Substance use disorders, recovery and impact of the Be Well Institute among topics discussed An enthusiastic audience of colleagues, volunteers, students and members of the public turned out Monday night for Texas Public Radio’s (TPR’s) “Think Science: Let’s talk about addiction” live question and answer event held in partnership with The University of Texas Health […]