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COVID-19 and substance use disorders : Recommendations to a comprehensive healthcare response. An International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) Practice and Policy Interest Group position paper

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Date
12/04/2020
Author
Farhoudian, Ali
Baldacchino, Alexander Mario
Clark, Nicolas
Gerra, Gilberto
Ekhtiari, Hamed
Dom, Geert
Mokri, Azarakhsh
Sadeghi, Mandana
Nematollahi, Pardris
Demasi, Maryanne
Schütz, Christian G.
Hashemian, Seyed Mohammadreza
Tabarsi, Payam
Galea-Singer, Susanna
Carrà, Giuseppe
Clausen, Thomas
Kouimtsidis, Christos
Tolomeo, Serenella
Radfar, Seyed Ramin
Razaghi, Emran Mohammed
Keywords
Coronavirus
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Pandemic
Public health
Subtance use disorder
Addiction medicine
Harm reduction
Policy
Methadone
Opioid substitution therapy
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is escalating all over the world and has higher morbidities and mortalities in certain vulnerable populations. People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) are a marginalized and stigmatized group with weaker immunity responses, vulnerability to stress, poor health conditions, high-risk behaviors, and lower access to health care services. These conditions put them at a higher risk of COVID-19 infection and its complications. In this paper, an international group of experts on addiction medicine, infectious diseases, and disaster psychiatry explore the possible raised concerns in this issue and provide recommendations to manage the comorbidity of COVID-19 and Substance Use Disorder (SUD).
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Farhoudian , A , Baldacchino , A M , Clark , N , Gerra , G , Ekhtiari , H , Dom , G , Mokri , A , Sadeghi , M , Nematollahi , P , Demasi , M , Schütz , C G , Hashemian , S M , Tabarsi , P , Galea-Singer , S , Carrà , G , Clausen , T , Kouimtsidis , C , Tolomeo , S , Radfar , S R & Razaghi , E M 2020 , ' COVID-19 and substance use disorders : Recommendations to a comprehensive healthcare response. An International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) Practice and Policy Interest Group position paper ' , Basic and Clinical Neuroscience , vol. Special Issue on COVID-19 , pp. 129-146 . https://doi.org/10.32598/bcn.11.covid19.1
Publication
Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.32598/bcn.11.covid19.1
ISSN
2228-7442
Type
Journal item
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Copyright © 2020 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/19792

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