Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19: Multi-Faceted Problems Which Require Multi-Pronged Solutions

Wossenseged Birhane Jemberie; Jennifer Stewart Williams; Malin Eriksson; Ann Sofie Grönlund; Nawi Ng; Marcus Blom Nilsson; Mojgan Padyab; Kelsey Caroline Priest; Mikael Sandlund; Fredrik Snellman; Dennis McCarty; Lena M. Lundgren

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00714

Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19: Multi-Faceted Problems Which Require Multi-Pronged Solutions

Wossenseged Birhane Jemberie, Jennifer Stewart Williams, Malin Eriksson, Ann Sofie Grönlund, Nawi Ng, Marcus Blom Nilsson, Mojgan Padyab, Kelsey Caroline Priest, Mikael Sandlund, Fredrik Snellman, Dennis McCarty, Lena M. Lundgren

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	714
Journal	Frontiers in Psychiatry
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00714
State	Published - Jul 21 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
addiction care
evidence-based policies and practices
integrated care
pandemic
risk environment
social capital
substance use disorder (SUD)

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Psychiatry and Mental health

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Jemberie, W. B., Stewart Williams, J., Eriksson, M., Grönlund, A. S., Ng, N., Blom Nilsson, M., Padyab, M., Priest, K. C., Sandlund, M., Snellman, F., McCarty, D., & Lundgren, L. M. (2020). Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19: Multi-Faceted Problems Which Require Multi-Pronged Solutions. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, Article 714. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00714

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