Healio (6/8, VanDewater) reports, “Among prisoners, women were more likely to have opioid use disorder” (OUD) “and more likely to receive treatment at intake compared with men,” researchers concluded in a study that “randomly selected 507 charts among 1,841 patients seen for psychiatric treatment at a county correctional facility in December 2020.” The findings were presented in a poster at the American Psychiatric Association 2023 Annual Meeting.
Related Links:
— “Female prisoners more likely to report opioid use, receive treatment,” Kalie VanDewater, Healio, June 8, 2023