women

Women and drug treatment

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Guide to clinical advice for treatment and rehabilitation programs in drugs in specific population of adult women. Are you an ISSUP member? If not, you can join ISSUP by registering here: https://www.issup.net/membership/apply Are a part of...

Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic: The ‘Forgotten’ Carers

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One of our selection of hot topics on important issues which sometimes generate heated debate. Both as a treatment resource for the patient and a group needing support in their own right, families affected by substance use are, claimed a UK...

Women and Substance Use

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Abstract Objectives: To explore contextual factors that increase vulnerabilities to negative sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes and possible differences in SRH-related behaviours and the needs of women who use drugs (WUD) through...

Final Report: Opioid Use, Misuse, and Overdose in Women

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Executive Summary This report was developed as part of an initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH) to examine prevention, treatment, and recovery issues for women who misuse opioids...

Guidelines on Drug Prevention and Treatment for Girls and Women

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The publication Guidelines on Drug Prevention and Treatment for Girls and Women by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) discusses alcohol and drug use prevalence and trends among girls and women globally. The document...

Webinar: Addressing the Unique Challenges of Opioid Use Disorder in Women

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Washington DC
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Deaths from drug overdoses are the number one cause of injury death in the U.S. Most of these deaths are related to the misuse of prescription opioids and heroin. While men were more likely than women to die of opioid overdose, the number of overdose deaths from opioids among women has increased substantially. Since 1999, women’s deaths have quadrupled from prescription painkiller overdose.

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CDC Public Health Grand Rounds January 2017