Gender Dynamics in Substance Use and Treatment: A Women's Focused Approach.

Med Clin North Am

Substance Use, Gender, and Applied Research Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, USA; Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27599-7400, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27701, USA.

Published: January 2022

Gender impacts substance use initiation, substance use disorder development, engagement with treatment, and harms related to drug and alcohol use. Using the biopsychosocial model of addiction, this review provides a broad summary of barriers and facilitators to addiction services among women. It also reviews substance use among pregnant and parenting women and approaches to care. Given the increasing rates of substance use among women, there is a need to implement and scale-up gender-responsive addiction programming and pursue advocacy at the policy level that addresses the root drivers of substance use inequities among women.

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