The early impact of COVID-19 on the incidence, prevalence, and severity of alcohol use and other drugs: A systematic review

• Published in: Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 228; p. 109065
• Main Authors: Schmidt, Rose A., Genois, Rosalie, Jin, Jonathan, Vigo, Daniel, Rehm, Jürgen, Rush, Brian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.11.2021; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Alcohol use; Alcohols; Caregiver burden; Changes; Communicable Disease Control; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease control; Drug use; Evidence-based medicine; Health services needs and demand; Humans; Incidence; Literature reviews; Medical treatment; Mental disorders; Pandemics; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Prevalence; Public health; Review; SARS-CoV-2; Substance abuse; Substance use; Substance-related disorders; Support systems; Systematic review; COVID-19; Health services needs and demand; Systematic review; Pandemics; Prevalence; Substance-related disorders

The aim of this paper was to examine the early impact of COVID-19 on substance use to assess implications for planning substance use treatment and support systems. A systematic review of literature published up to March 2021 was conducted to summarize changes in prevalence, incidence, and severity o...