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Fewer than 11% of women with a substance use disorder (SUD) received treatment in 2019 according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. New research from Penn State examined the barriers that women with SUDs reported that prevented them from seeking treatment. The findings may help health professionals identify personalized interventions that could encourage more women to seek treatment.
“For this project, we hoped to determine which barriers women in different life circumstances face regarding seeking treatment for substance use, and this information could then be used to inform personalized interventions to encourage treatment-seeking,” said Abenaa Jones, assistant professor of human development and family studies, and the Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Health and Human Development.
The team analyzed the responses of 461 women to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health…
