scholarly journals Health Care Under the Influence: Substance Use Disorders in the Health Professions

10.5772/31687 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Kunyk ◽  
Charl Els
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Health Professions

Substance Parity Laws and the Detection and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Among Adolescents in Mental Health Care

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa C. Dierker ◽  
Eve M. Sledjeski ◽  
Stephanie Marshall ◽  
Sarah Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Substance Use Disorders

Attitude of Health Care Professionals Toward Patients With Substance Use Disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia A.M. Mahmoud, ◽  
Mona M. El Shiekh, ◽  
Amira R. Kirolos, ◽  
Yomna A. El Hawary
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Health Care Professionals

Public Health and the Criminal Justice System

2019 ◽  
pp. 225-240
Author(s):  
Gary Tennis ◽  
Kenneth J. Martz ◽  
Jac A. Charlier
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Public Health Intervention ◽  
Health Care Intervention ◽  
Incarcerated Population

Approximately two-thirds of America’s incarcerated population suffers with untreated or undertreated substance use disorders, and many of those individuals commit several crimes related to drug use and addiction on a daily basis prior to being incarcerated. To end the opioid epidemic in the United States we not only need to bolster our health care and public health response to substance use disorders, we need to engage the criminal justice system as a specific touchpoint for public health intervention in communities and states across the country. The principal argument in the chapter is that while individuals with opioid and/or other substance use disorders should get treatment before ever being involved in crime—if they are justice-involved, it is imperative that the criminal justice system serve as a belated but necessary public health and health care intervention supportive of treatment, recovery, and prevention of addiction.

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