Use of Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder in the US: Results From the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Beth Han; Christopher M Jones; Emily B Einstein; Patricia A Powell; Wilson M Compton

doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.1271

Use of Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder in the US: Results From the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

JAMA Psychiatry. 2021 Jun 16;78(8):922-924. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.1271. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Beth Han¹, Christopher M Jones², Emily B Einstein¹, Patricia A Powell³, Wilson M Compton¹

Affiliations

¹ National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
² US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study investigates the prevalence of guideline-directed use of medications for treating alcohol use disorder and its association with outcomes.