Prevalence of mental disorders among people with opioid use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

T Santo Jr, G Campbell, N Gisev… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Opioid use disorder (OUD) and mental disorders are major public health issues
and comorbidity is common. Among people with OUD, comorbid mental disorders are …

Consideration of sex and gender differences in addiction medication response

SA McKee, AL McRae-Clark - Biology of sex Differences, 2022 - Springer
Substance use continues to contribute to significant morbidity and mortality in the United
States, for both women and men, more so than any other preventable health condition. To …

Association of opioid agonist treatment with all-cause mortality and specific causes of death among people with opioid dependence: a systematic review and meta …

T Santo, B Clark, M Hickman, J Grebely… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Mortality among people with opioid dependence is higher than that of the
general population. Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is an effective treatment for opioid …

The impact of the opioid epidemic on children and adolescents

EL Winstanley, AN Stover - Clinical therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Although an epidemic of opioid-related overdose deaths has continued to increase in the
United States for 2 decades, the impact of opioid use disorders (OUDs) on children and …

Differences in availability and use of medications for opioid use disorder in residential treatment settings in the United States

AS Huhn, JG Hobelmann, JC Strickland… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance While many individuals with opioid use disorder seek treatment at residential
facilities to initiate long-term recovery, the availability and use of medications for opioid use …

Sex differences in opioid receptor mediated effects: Role of androgens

JL Sharp, T Pearson, MA Smith - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
An abundance of data indicates there are sex differences in endogenous opioid peptides
and opioid receptors, leading to functional differences in sensitivity to opioid receptor …

Challenges for women entering treatment for opioid use disorder

AS Huhn, KE Dunn - Current psychiatry reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Women with opioid use disorder (OUD) face unique challenges
the moment they enter treatment. This narrative review focused on recent literature …

Interactions of neuroimmune signaling and glutamate plasticity in addiction

CD Gipson, S Rawls, MD Scofield, BM Siemsen… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Chronic use of drugs of abuse affects neuroimmune signaling; however, there are still many
open questions regarding the interactions between neuroimmune mechanisms and …

Gender dynamics in substance use and treatment: a women's focused approach

MTH Harris, J Laks, N Stahl, SM Bagley… - Medical …, 2022 - medical.theclinics.com
Women have unique, currently unmet, needs that impact their substance use initiation, SUD
development trajectories, and harms related to drug and alcohol use. Implementing and …

Evaluating comparative effectiveness of psychosocial interventions adjunctive to opioid agonist therapy for opioid use disorder: A systematic review with network meta …

D Rice, K Corace, D Wolfe, L Esmaeilisaraji… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Guidelines recommend that individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) receive
pharmacological and psychosocial interventions; however, the most appropriate …