Substance abuse research among racial, ethnic, and sexual minority populations historically
has lagged behind that conducted with majority samples. However, interesting and …

Delivery of services to Hispanic drug users remains a great challenge, as shown by low
service access and retention, and disproportionate negative consequences of drug abuse in …

Reports from uncontrolled trials and surveys suggest that there are disparities in substance-
use outcomes for minoritised racial and ethnic populations, yet few of these disparities have …

We assessed whether early implementation of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid
expansion and state health insurance exchanges increased access to mental health and …

Background: Experiences of discrimination in health care settings may contribute to
disparities in mental health outcomes for blacks and Latinos. We investigate whether …

Introduction. The ability to track improvement against racial/ethnic disparities in mental
health care is hindered by the varying methods and disparity definitions used in previous …

Abstract The Affordable Care Act (2010) and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity
Act (2008) are expected to transform substance abuse prevention and treatment in the …

Background: American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) have disproportionately high
rates of substance use disorders (SUDs). Effective treatment can help to reduce these …

Objectives: A variety of patients–including women, older, racial/ethnic minority, rural,
homeless, and justice-involved patients–are vulnerable to experiencing poor healthcare …

Importance Treatment with methadone or buprenorphine is the current standard of care for
opioid use disorder. Given the paucity of research identifying which patients will respond …