This is an academic paper which provides an overview of the trends concerning opioid use disorder in women and its implications for treatment. Authors show that there is a gender-based gap in preventing rising death rates by opioid overdose in women as well as treatment of perinatal women with opioid use disorder, and call for more research to be done on gender and sex differences which should include treatment implementation studies to achieve wider access for women to effective prevention, intervention, and treatment.
Resource Type
Peer-reviewed Articles and Reports
Continuum of Care
Prevention
Treatment
Response Approach
Early Intervention
Overdose prevention
Peer-reviewed Article
Citation
Barbosa‐Leiker, C., Campbell, A. N., McHugh, R. K., Guille, C., & Greenfield, S. F. (2020). Opioid use disorder in women and the implications for treatment. Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice, 3(1), 3–11.