Rising rates of opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose deaths have become a public health crisis, with deaths from prescription opioid and heroin use increasing four-fold since 1999 and reaching a record high of more than 42,000 in 2016.
When looking at profiles of men and women with opioid use disorder (OUD), a number of gender differences become evident.
Women report more issues with drug, medical, psychological, family/social, and employment problems, while men report more problems with legal and alcohol-…
Although cigarette smoking among adults in the United States declined to a rate of 15.5% by 2016, there are vulnerable populations for whom smoking rates remain high. Individuals in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment smoke at rates as high as 84% and die from tobacco-related illnesses…
People with substance use disorders often exhibit signs of compromised cognitive function, such as issues with attention, reasoning, or spatial processing, compared to the general population.
Additionally, cognitive impairment is associated with poorer outcomes in treatment,…
