The Conflict in East Ukraine: A Growing Need for Addiction Research and Substance Use Intervention for Vulnerable Populations
| Autor: | Timothy B. Erickson, Sonny S. Patel, Oleksandr Zvinchuk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Alcohol addiction biology Addiction media_common.quotation_subject Ukrainian medicine.disease Article humanities language.human_language Substance abuse Intervention (counseling) Toll Internally displaced person Political science mental disorders medicine biology.protein language Substance use Psychiatry media_common |
| Zdroj: | Forensic Sci Addict Res |
| ISSN: | 2578-0042 |
| Popis: | Security and trauma challenges in Ukraine have been constantly evolving since the 2014 Russian military incursion of Crimea and War in Donbass. One long-term consequence of the conflict in East Ukraine is the toll of substance and alcohol use and addictions that may have been triggered by the conflict among the veterans, internally displaced peoples, and civilian survivors. Further funding and research on substance and alcohol addiction with these vulnerable populations affected by the ongoing Ukrainian conflict should be examined. Are people from fragile states and conflict zones more susceptible to co-morbidity with substance abuse and addiction? |
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