A comparative analysis was performed using Chi-square and phi to evaluate response rates from the first question, A substance use disorder is a real illness like diabetes and heart disease, to the other survey questions. Results: A total of 173 people responded to the survey. The response to...
Table 1 Employment Rate Among Adults with a Substance Use Disorder and the Prevalence of Substance Use Disorders, Receiving Substance Use Treatment, and Recovery from a Substance Use Problem in the U.S. Workforce (2018, Estimated Population Total = 155,904,219) Full size table Growing evide...
Disease Model of Addiction Addiction is defined as a disease by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and other medical organizations. TheAPA states thata “substance use disorder (SUD) is a complex condition in which there is uncontrolled use of a substance despite harmful consequence.” It...
A 2011 VA study revealed that around 25 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans 18 to 25 years old met the full criteria for substance use disorder. Because of its widespread availability, alcohol remains the substance most prevalently used among veterans with SUD, though – as with the Americ...
Among past 12-month users, a high proportion of tobacco or drug users met criteria for a disorder: tobacco use disorder 57.4% (26.1% mild, 31.3% moderate/severe) and any drug use disorder 50.2% (14.3% mild, 35.8% moderate/severe); a lower proportion of alcohol users (22.4%) met ...
Substance use disorders represent a significant public health concern with considerable socioeconomic implications worldwide. Twin and family-based studies have long established a heritable component underlying these disorders. In recent years, genome-wi
Substance use disorder (SUD), a common comorbidity among people with HIV (PWH), adversely affects HIV clinical outcomes and HIV-related comorbidities. However, less is known about the incidence of different chronic conditions, changes in overall comorbidity burden, and health care utilization by SUD...
Substance and Opioid Use Disorders Among IBD Hospitalizations January 2, 2025 A higher prevalence of SUD and opioid use disorder was found among hospitalizations for inflammatory bowel disease, and these elevated prevalences were linked to distinct demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic... ...
Stigmatization toward substance use disorder is the first ranked in the world. This situation has been associated with the lack of knowledge about the disease, the terminology and language of the disease, and effects and the criminalization of substance use. When stigmatization against individuals ...
alcohol, there is no empirical evidence that substance use disorder directly causes domestic violence. However, SUDs increase the severity and frequency of the batterers' violence and interfere with domestic violence interventions.28They also contribute to the increased severity of injuries among victims....