Sexual Differences in Addictions and Dual Disorders: Importance of Gender Perspective

Ana Benito; Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca; Gonzalo Haro

doi:10.3390/brainsci12101346

Sexual Differences in Addictions and Dual Disorders: Importance of Gender Perspective

Brain Sci. 2022 Oct 4;12(10):1346. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12101346.

Authors

Ana Benito^{1

2}, Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca^{3

4}, Gonzalo Haro^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ TXP Investigation Group, Medicine Department, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, 12006 Castellón, Spain.
² Torrente Mental Health Unit, General University Hospital, 46900 Valencia, Spain.
³ Institute of Biomedical Research of Malaga, 29010 Malaga, Spain.
⁴ Department of Psychobiology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Department of Mental Health, Consorcio Hospitalario Provincial de Castellón, 12002 Castellon de la Plana, Spain.

Abstract

Sex (the biological attributes of females and males) and gender (socially constructed roles, behaviours, and identities) both affect molecular and cellular processes, protective and vulnerability factors, social and relational life [...].

Publication types

Editorial