2022
Sexual minority disparities in opioid and benzodiazepine misuse among adults with opioid use disorder
Struble CA, Thomas K, Stenersen MR, Moore KE, Burke C, Pittman B, McKee SA. Sexual minority disparities in opioid and benzodiazepine misuse among adults with opioid use disorder. American Journal On Addictions 2022, 31: 200-209. PMID: 35243706, PMCID: PMC9117396, DOI: 10.1111/ajad.13258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnalgesics, OpioidBenzodiazepinesBisexualityFemaleHumansMaleOpioid-Related DisordersPrescription Drug MisuseSexual and Gender MinoritiesConceptsPast-year alcohol use disorderAlcohol use disorderSubstance use patternsBenzodiazepine misuseUse disordersConcurrent misusePast-year misuseOpioid use disorderCo-occurring alcoholSubstance use disordersTargeted prevention effortsSexual minority disparitiesConcurrent opioidBenzodiazepine useHigher oddsOpioidsElevated riskOverdose deathsConcurrent alcoholBisexual femalesDrug usePrevention effortsSubstance useSexual minority individualsBenzodiazepines
2016
Past year non-medical opioid use and abuse and PTSD diagnosis: Interactions with sex and associations with symptom clusters
Smith KZ, Smith PH, Cercone SA, McKee SA, Homish GG. Past year non-medical opioid use and abuse and PTSD diagnosis: Interactions with sex and associations with symptom clusters. Addictive Behaviors 2016, 58: 167-174. PMID: 26946448, PMCID: PMC4808454, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.02.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorder diagnosisNon-medical opioid usePosttraumatic stress disorderHigher oddsSymptom clustersPTSD diagnosisDisorder diagnosisOpioid useAvoidance symptom clustersAverage monthly frequencyNon-institutionalized adultsNational Epidemiologic SurveyIndividual symptom clustersHigh rateSex differencesSpecific symptom clustersImportant sex differencesPTSD symptom clustersReactivity clustersAdjusted modelGeneral U.S.Epidemiologic SurveyRelated conditionsStress disorderDiagnosis