Helping Women Suffering from Drug Addiction: Needs, Barriers, and Challenges
The sensitivity of staff when working with women with drug use problems 40, the education of medical services on the needs of female substance users 29, and therapeutic work with a patient with a possible history of sexual assault and at risk of pregnancy and past or present sexually transmitted diseases 37 seem particularly valuable. The research in this area is relatively sparse, but disparities in AUD prevalence, the negative consequences of drinking, and alcohol-related health, morbidity, and mortality outcomes are apparent. This review also highlights the importance of a life-course perspective for understanding disparities in alcohol problems. By examining what happens within and between social groups across the life span, the widening of social group differences in cumulative socioeconomic disadvantage, health, and alcohol-related problems—especially after young adulthood—becomes more noticeable.…