Gender Comparison in Referrals and Treatment Completion to Residential and Outpatient Alcohol Treatment

Conclusions: Women seem to have treatment completion rates comparable to men, yet they are less likely to be referred to residential treatment facilities. Hence, there still remains a gender disparity in alcoholic patient referrals. Further studies should delineate which specific therapeutic aspects and programmatic components of women-focused treatments are essential to augment positive treatment outcomes.

Source: Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment - December 18, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi Valory De Lucia Deyu Pan Mona Mojtahedzadeh Elham Rahmani Sinan Jabori Golara Zahmatkesh Mohsen Bazargan Source Type: research