This paper reviews the literature examining characteristics associated with treatment
outcome in women with substance use disorders. A search of the English language …

The recent focus on drug abuse in women has brought attention to numerous differences
between women and men. In this review, we discuss both preclinical and clinical findings of …

Objective: Although mental health treatment dropout is common, pat-terns and predictors of
dropout are poorly understood. This study explored patterns and predictors of mental health …

This review explores gender differences in relapse and characteristics of relapse events in
alcohol and substance use. For alcohol, relapse rates were similar across gender. Although …

Women are more likely than men to face multiple barriers to accessing substance abuse
treatment and are less likely to seek treatment. Women also tend to seek care in mental …

Client engagement has been associated with positive psychotherapeutic outcomes, yet it is
relatively under-theorized. The aims of this review were to establish how client engagement …

Although both the human and animal literatures are notable for the general lack of attention
paid to possible sex differences in drug self-administration behavior, evidence is …

Using a prospective cohort design, the authors examined in this study whether childhood
victimization increases the risk for illicit drug use and related problems in middle adulthood …

Objectives: To investigate cancer patients' desire for psychological support and to identify
patients' sociodemographic, disease‐related and psychological factors associated with this …

Addiction research has historically neglected research on women, and most studies have
been conducted on men only, with the concluding results generalized to the female …