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2020 (English)In: Frontiers in Psychiatry, E-ISSN 1664-0640, Vol. 11, article id 714Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
COVID-19 shocked health and economic systems leaving millions of people without employment and safety nets. The pandemic disproportionately affects people with substance use disorders (SUDs) due to the collision between SUDs and COVID-19. Comorbidities and risk environments for SUDs are likely risk factors for COVID-19. The pandemic, in turn, diminishes resources that people with SUD need for their recovery and well-being. This article presents an interdisciplinary and international perspective on how COVID-19 and the related systemic shock impact on individuals with SUDs directly and indirectly. We highlight a need to understand SUDs as biopsychosocial disorders and use evidence-based policies to destigmatize SUDs. We recommend a suite of multi-sectorial actions and strategies to strengthen, modernize and complement addiction care systems which will become resilient and responsive to future systemic shocks similar to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Frontiers Media S.A., 2020
Keywords
substance use disorder (SUD), COVID-19, addiction care, integrated care, social capital, pandemic, evidence-based policies and practices, risk environment
National Category
Social Work Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Psychiatry Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy Substance Abuse Ethics
Research subject
Medicine; Social Medicine; health services research; Public health; Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-173868 (URN)10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00714 (DOI)000558524200001 ()32848907 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85089219578 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2016-07213Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2019-01453NIH (National Institute of Health), F30 DA044700
2020-08-052020-08-052024-01-17Bibliographically approved