Understanding and addressing widening racial inequalities in drug overdose

JR Friedman, MJ Nguemeni Tiako… - American journal of …, 2024 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
The fourth wave of the United States overdose crisis—driven by the polysubstance use of
fentanyl with stimulants and other synthetic substances—has driven sharply escalating …

Cultural considerations for substance use and substance use disorders among Black men

AG Bauer, J Bellot, C Bazan, A Gilmore… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - Guilford Press
There are complex cultural considerations for understanding, assessing, and treating
substance use disorders (SUD) among Black men, from the initiation of substance use …

Endpoints for Pharmacotherapy Trials for Alcohol Use Disorder

MA Belnap, KR McManus, EN Grodin, LA Ray - Pharmaceutical Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a debilitating disorder, yet currently approved
pharmacotherapies to treat AUD are under-utilized. The three medications approved by the …

Addressing Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Opioid Overdose Mortality: Strategies for Equitable Interventions and Structural Change

FA Cruz, O Jegede - Current Psychiatry Reports, 2024 - Springer
Addressing Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Opioid Overdose Mortality: Strategies for Equitable
Interventions and Structural Change | Current Psychiatry Reports Skip to main content Springer …

Racial/ethnic inequality in homelessness and drug overdose deaths in US States

M Cano, M Zachmeyer, LA Salinas… - Social psychiatry and …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose This study examined whether state-level racial disproportionality in homelessness
is associated with racial disproportionality in overdose mortality. Methods Counts of …

Association of mental health related quality of life and other factors with treatment seeking for substance use disorders: A comparison of SUDs rooted in legal, partially …

JL Havlik, TG Rhee, RA Rosenheck - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The association of subjective mental health-related quality of life (MHRQOL) and treatment
use among people experiencing common substance use disorders (SUDs) is not known …

Attitudes of Black American Christian church leaders toward Opioid Use Disorder, overdoses, and harm reduction: a qualitative study

AB Dankwah, RB Siegrist Jr, IB Wilson… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Black American Christian church leaders are trusted community members and
can be invaluable leaders and planners, listeners, and counselors for Opioid Use Disorder …

Sport participation as a tool for promoting wellness for youth of colour

A Gamble, P Economou… - Journal of Community & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Youth of colour, especially from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds, are at higher
risk for experiencing mental and physical health challenges due to poverty and racism; …

Church Closings Were Associated with Higher COVID-19 Infection Rates: Implications for Community Health Equity

Y Ransome, H Luan, I Song, DT Duncan - Journal of Urban Health, 2023 - Springer
This study investigates the changes in physical church closings years 2013 to 2019 in New
York City (NYC), Philadelphia, and Baltimore and the association with COVID-19 infection …

Lessons From Low-and Middle-Income Countries: Alleviating the Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage in the United States

FF Belz, NJ Vega Potler, INS Johnson… - Psychiatric …, 2024 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
The United States is facing a mental health workforce shortage, exacerbated by the COVID-
19 pandemic. Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have historically grappled with …