Article ; Online: Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19
Frontiers in Psychiatry; 11, no
Multi-Faceted Problems Which Require Multi-Pronged Solutions
2020 Volume 714
Abstract: COVID-19 shocked health and economic systems leaving millions of people without employment and safety nets. The pandemic disproportionately affects people with substance use disorders (SUDs) due to the collision between SUDs and COVID-19. Comorbidities ... ...
| Abstract | COVID-19 shocked health and economic systems leaving millions of people without employment and safety nets. The pandemic disproportionately affects people with substance use disorders (SUDs) due to the collision between SUDs and COVID-19. Comorbidities and risk environments for SUDs are likely risk factors for COVID-19. The pandemic, in turn, diminishes resources that people with SUD need for their recovery and well-being. This article presents an interdisciplinary and international perspective on how COVID-19 and the related systemic shock impact on individuals with SUDs directly and indirectly. We highlight a need to understand SUDs as biopsychosocial disorders and use evidence-based policies to destigmatize SUDs. We recommend a suite of multi-sectorial actions and strategies to strengthen, modernize and complement addiction care systems which will become resilient and responsive to future systemic shocks similar to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| Keywords | Psychiatry ; Substance Abuse ; Social Work ; Health Care Service and Management ; Health Policy and Services and Health Economy ; Substance use disorder ; covid-19 ; risk environment ; addiction treatment ; integrated care ; Social Capital ; pandemic ; evidence-based policy ; evidence-based practice ; addiction ; covid19 |
| Subject code | 360 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-07-21 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media S. A. |
| Publishing country | se |
| Document type | Article ; Online |
| ZDB-ID | 2564218-2 |
| ISSN | 1664-0640 |
| ISSN | 1664-0640 |
| Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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