title: Women and substance abuse.
abstract: Chemically dependent women face special problems. This article reviews the epidemiology, screening, clinical consequences, and treatment of substance-abusing women. Alcohol, opiate, and cocaine abuse are often linked in women, and the individual and overlapping effects of these drugs are described. Gender difference also are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Cyr
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016387:Women's Health