Substance use and treatment of substance use disorders in a community sample of transgender adults

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-146

  Keuroghlian, Alex S ^a,b   Reisner, Sari L ^a,c   White, Jaclyn M ^a,d   Weiss, Roger D ^b,e  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drugs; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Substance use; Transgender; Unstable housing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSGENDER; GENDER; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSGENDER; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSGENDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930483496     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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