Substance Use Disorders in the Geriatric Population: a Review and Synthesis of the Literature of a Growing Problem in a Growing Population.

The existing literature suggests that there was an overall trend towards increased alcohol consumption and a clear trend towards increased use of other substances use in the general population during COVID-19 [ 76 ].

also in 5,860 other papers

Recent findings PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, and PsychINFO databases were searched from their inception through June 2022 using the following keywords: “substance use disorder,” “substance abuse,” “abuse,” “illicit substances,” “illicit drugs,” “addiction,” “geriatric,” “elderly,” “older adults,” “alcohol,” “marijuana,” “cannabis,” “cocaine,” “heroin,” “opioid,” and “benzodiazepine.” Our findings suggest an increasing trend in substance use in older adults despite medical and psychiatric consequences when using such substances.

also in 23,467 other papers

The existing literature suggests that there was an overall trend towards increased alcohol consumption and a clear trend towards increased use of other substances use in the general population during COVID-19 [ 76 ].

also in 1,523 other papers