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Gender-specific risk factors increase the likelihood of getting a particular mental disorder based on one's gender. Some gender-specific risk factors that disproportionately affect women are income inequality, low social ranking, unrelenting child care, gender-based violence, and socioeconomic disadvantages.
Regarding recreational drug use, the median age at first use of injectable drugs is slightly lower in women with current PTSD (17 years) compared to those without current PTSD (18 years). The rates of heroin dependence are high in both cohorts, though slightly lower in women with current PTSD (73% vs. 86%).
Children with persistent gender dysphoria are characterized by more extreme gender dysphoria in childhood than children with desisting gender dysphoria. [1] Some (but not all) gender variant youth will want or need to transition, which may involve social transition (changing dress, name, pronoun), and, for older youth and adolescents, medical transition (hormone therapy or surgery).
It's important to understand why teens use or misuse drugs, so the right resources and education can help them, Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, wrote in an email.
Dr. Robert Newman, a longtime advocate for the use of methadone to treat heroin addiction, was quoted in the Times article as saying that buprenorphine “is associated with a large number of deaths.” Reached by HuffPost, he said the Times story was harmful to those in the recovery community. “I am not an expert in buprenorphine,” he said.
Women are more likely to be prescribed pain relievers, be given higher doses, use them for longer durations, and become dependent upon them faster. [203] Deaths due to opioid use also tend to skew at older ages than deaths from use of other illicit drugs. [202] [204] [205] This does not reflect opioid use as a whole, which includes younger people.
The distinct photos show the before and after of recovering from a heroin addiction. The photos were captioned, "Here is what 826 days sober looks like. Recovery is possible!"
Co-occurring psychiatric disorders are more common among women than men who abuse substances; women more frequently use substances to reduce the negative effects of these co-occurring disorders. Substance abuse puts both men and women at higher risk for perpetration and victimization of sexual violence. [108]