Addiction as a Coping Response: Hyperkatifeia, Deaths of Despair, and COVID-19

Am J Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 1;177(11):1031-1037. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20091375.
No abstract available

Keywords: Addiction; Alcohol Use Disorder; COVID-19; Substance Use Disorder; Withdrawal.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological*
  • Alcohol Drinking / epidemiology
  • Alcohol Drinking / psychology
  • Alcoholism / etiology
  • Alcoholism / psychology
  • Behavior, Addictive / etiology
  • Behavior, Addictive / psychology*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications
  • Coronavirus Infections / psychology*
  • Emotions
  • Humans
  • Mortality
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications
  • Pneumonia, Viral / psychology*
  • United States / epidemiology