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COVID-19 and addiction.
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178 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on service delivery and treatment outcomes in people living with HIV: a systematic review.AIDS research and therapy · 2023Pooled it
- Gender and COVID-19 related fear and anxiety: A meta-analysis.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Pooled it
- The impact of COVID-19 on people who inject drugs in New York City: increased risk and decreased access to services.Harm reduction journal · 2021Trial
- Technology-assisted methadone take-home dosing for dispensing methadone to persons with opioid use disorder during the Covid-19 pandemic.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Trial
- Implications of COVID-19 Restrictions on the Ethics and Methods of a Multi-Site Study on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Use Treatment among Men in South Africa.Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE · 2026Article
- Impact of Social Drivers of Health, Self-Efficacy, and Substance Use on COVID-19 Preventative Behaviors Among Persons Who Inject Drugs with Hepatitis C: The HERO Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Hidden COVID-19 deaths? Exploring the Spatial context of excess death rates during the COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of health geographics · 2025Article
- COVID-19, sense of control, and the rise of addictive behaviors: a study in Poland.Postepy psychiatrii neurologii · 2025Article
- Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Exercise: Associations With Addiction.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Article
- Physicians' attitudes towards patients with substance-related disorders predict training needs in addiction medicine: challenges and opportunities for strengthening the global addiction medicine workforce.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- From triple-mode network to triple-layered model - novel insights in social cognition.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of a new paradigm to simplify testing, monitoring and treatment of hepatitis C virus in the United States.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2025Article
- Suspicion and other feelings about COVID-19 vaccines and mask-wearing among individuals recovering from substance addiction.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Large-Scale Deep Learning-Enabled Infodemiological Analysis of Substance Use Patterns on Social Media: Insights From the COVID-19 Pandemic.JMIR infodemiology · 2025Article
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- Representative national survey on drug use during the COVID-19 stay-at-home order in the USA.BMJ open · 2025Article
- A cohort-based assessment of drug use trends during the COVID-19 pandemic: relationship with mood and sociodemographic factors in Brazil.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Meanings of hope constructed by users of mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2025Article
- A Questionnaire Dataset on Perceived Stress in Indian Higher Education Students during Emergency Remote Learning.F1000Research · 2025Article
- Pulmonary Complications of Substance Abuse: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management Strategies.Addiction & health · 2025Review
118 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aims2019-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is causing insurmountable psychosocial impact on the whole mankind. Marginalized community, particularly those with substance use disorders (SUD), are particularly vulnerable to contract the infection and also likely to suffer from greater psychosocial burden. This article analyses the intricate bi-directional relationship between COVID-19 and addiction.
methodsPubmed and Google Scholar are searched with the following key terms- "COVID-19", "SARS-CoV2", "Pandemic", "Addiction", "Opioid", "Alcohol", "Smoking", "Addiction Psychiatry", "Deaddiction", "Substance use disorders", "Behavioral addiction". Few newspaper reports related to COVID-19 and addiction have also been added as per context.
resultsPeople with SUD are at greater risk of worse COVID-19 outcome. There is surge of addictive behaviors (both new and relapse) including behavioral addiction in this period. Withdrawal emergencies and death are also being increasingly reported. Addicted people are especially facing difficulties in accessing the healthcare services which are making them prone to procure drugs by illegal means.
conclusionCOVID-19 and addiction are the two pandemics which are on the verge of collision causing major public health threat. While every effort must be taken to make the public aware of deleterious effects of SUD on COVID-19 prognosis, the resumption of deaddiction services and easier accessibility of prescription drugs are needs of the hour.
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