2022
Religious Institutions as a Link to Substance use Treatment: Characterizing the Potential Service Population through National Survey Data
Heikkila HD, Edens EL, Stefanovics EA, Rhee TG, Rosenheck RA. Religious Institutions as a Link to Substance use Treatment: Characterizing the Potential Service Population through National Survey Data. Substance Abuse 2022, 43: 699-707. PMID: 35099366, DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2021.2007510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersDrug use disordersSUD treatmentUse disordersLife scoresUse diagnosesPast-year substance use disorderRepresentative cross-sectional surveyDrug use diagnosesSuch service useQuarter of adultsSubstance use diagnosesNational Epidemiologic SurveyRelated Conditions-IIISubstance use treatmentCross-sectional surveyCharacteristics of adultsProportion of adultsUse of servicesCurrent alcoholMultinomial logistic regressionEpidemiologic SurveyService useAfrican American groupSocio-demographic disadvantage
2021
Sex Differences in Opioid Use Disorder Prevalence and Multimorbidity Nationally in the Veterans Health Administration
Peltier MR, Sofuoglu M, Petrakis IL, Stefanovics E, Rosenheck RA. Sex Differences in Opioid Use Disorder Prevalence and Multimorbidity Nationally in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal Of Dual Diagnosis 2021, 17: 124-134. PMID: 33982642, PMCID: PMC8887838, DOI: 10.1080/15504263.2021.1904162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderPain-related diagnosesVeterans Health AdministrationSex-specific differencesAnxiolytics/sedatives/hypnoticsRates of OUDHealth AdministrationFemale veteransOpioid use disorder prevalenceOpioid agonist medicationsVHA health carePeripheral vascular diseaseHealth service utilizationPatterns of multimorbiditySedative/hypnoticsSex-specific treatmentsCo-occurring disordersSubstance use treatmentHigh rateSubstantial sex-specific differencesAgonist prescriptionAgonist medicationsRelated complicationsRenal diseaseVHA patients