World Health Organization guidelines for the treatment of substance use disorders and comorbid conditions
In terms of prevalence and distribution of substance use disorders, the estimated numbers of people with different types of substance use disorders reflect the same proportions that we observe for exposure to or consumption of psychoactive substances. Approximately 250 million people in the world su...
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| description | In terms of prevalence and distribution of substance use disorders, the estimated numbers of people with different types of substance use disorders reflect the same proportions that we observe for exposure to or consumption of psychoactive substances. Approximately 250 million people in the world suffer from alcohol use disorders with a much higher rate in men than in women (7.2 percent versus 1.3 percent in women), about 30 million people live with drug-use disorders. In addition, according to the latest global estimates, 12 million people in the world are injecting drug users. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-77332e3d740b4078a6695cb068f5e26a2022-12-22T02:49:43ZengCentros de Integración Juvenil A.C.Revista Internacional de Investigación en Adicciones2448-573X2448-63962018-06-01411310.28931/riiad.2018.1.01World Health Organization guidelines for the treatment of substance use disorders and comorbid conditionsVladimir Poznyak 0Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization (WHO)In terms of prevalence and distribution of substance use disorders, the estimated numbers of people with different types of substance use disorders reflect the same proportions that we observe for exposure to or consumption of psychoactive substances. Approximately 250 million people in the world suffer from alcohol use disorders with a much higher rate in men than in women (7.2 percent versus 1.3 percent in women), about 30 million people live with drug-use disorders. In addition, according to the latest global estimates, 12 million people in the world are injecting drug users.http://riiad.org/index.php/riiad/article/view/riiad.2018.1.01substance use disorderstreatmentcomorbid conditions |
| spellingShingle | Vladimir Poznyak World Health Organization guidelines for the treatment of substance use disorders and comorbid conditions Revista Internacional de Investigación en Adicciones substance use disorders treatment comorbid conditions |
| title | World Health Organization guidelines for the treatment of substance use disorders and comorbid conditions |
| title_full | World Health Organization guidelines for the treatment of substance use disorders and comorbid conditions |
| title_fullStr | World Health Organization guidelines for the treatment of substance use disorders and comorbid conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | World Health Organization guidelines for the treatment of substance use disorders and comorbid conditions |
| title_short | World Health Organization guidelines for the treatment of substance use disorders and comorbid conditions |
| title_sort | world health organization guidelines for the treatment of substance use disorders and comorbid conditions |
| topic | substance use disorders treatment comorbid conditions |
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