Substance Use in Rural Central Appalachia: Current Status and Treatment Considerations

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Examines the factors in rural Central Appalachia that influence substance misuse and the treatments, strategies, and interventions to curb drug misuse and improve treatment outcomes. Discusses how the combination of poverty, work-related distress, lack of healthcare coverage, and the shortage of qualified providers of substance use treatments affect the need for a multifaceted policy approach in the region.

Lara Moody, Emily Satterwhite, Warren K. Bickel

Rural Mental Health, 41(2), 123-135

04/2017

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Access · Appalachia · Behavioral health workforce · County-by-county data · Health workforce supply and demand · Illicit drug use · Prescription drug misuse · Statistics and data · Substance use and misuse · Telehealth · North Carolina · Ohio · Tennessee · Virginia · West Virginia