Addressing Problems With Alcohol and Other Substances Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020 Jul;28(7):780-783. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2020.04.012. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

Authors

Derek D Satre¹, Matthew E Hirschtritt², Michael J Silverberg³, Stacy A Sterling²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA; Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Region, Oakland, CA. Electronic address: derek.satre@ucsf.edu.
² Department of Psychiatry, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA; Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Region, Oakland, CA.
³ Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Region, Oakland, CA.

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Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Aged
Aging* / physiology
Aging* / psychology
Alcohol Drinking* / prevention & control
Alcohol Drinking* / psychology
Anxiety* / etiology
Anxiety* / therapy
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Chronic Pain* / prevention & control
Chronic Pain* / psychology
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / physiopathology
Coronavirus Infections* / psychology
Health Services for the Aged / trends
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / physiopathology
Pneumonia, Viral* / psychology
Respiratory System / drug effects
Respiratory System / physiopathology
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders* / etiology
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders* / therapy
Smoking / epidemiology
Smoking / psychology
Substance-Related Disorders* / epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders* / physiopathology
Substance-Related Disorders* / prevention & control
Substance-Related Disorders* / psychology

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