Receipt of pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder by justice-involved women in the Veterans Health Administration.

CONCLUSIONS: While women involved in the criminal justice system face many barriers to accessing health and social services, women justice-involved veterans had higher odds of receiving pharmacotherapy for AUD at VHA facilities compared to women veterans with no justice involvement. Legal mandates and supportive programming directed towards veterans in the criminal justice system may explain the higher rate of receipt of pharmacotherapy observed among justice-involved women veterans. Women veterans who are homeless may also have more opportunities to access and use pharmacotherapy for AUD compared to their housed counterparts. PMID: 30602392 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30602392?dopt=Abstract

Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - January 3, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Taylor E, Timko C, Harris AHS, Yu M, Finlay AK Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: research