Addressing Chronic Stress and Opioid Use Disorder in Black Mothers with Small Children using Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A Review
Journal of Addiction & Addictive Disorders December 2, 2022 DOI: 10.24966/aad-7276/100106 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Black mothers with young children in the United States |
| Topics | Addiction Meditation |
| Key findings | Argues that Black mothers with young children are a particularly vulnerable population in the U.S. opioid epidemic, and that minority stress theory helps explain their mental and physical health disparities through the combined effects of racial discrimination, gender stigma, trauma, parenting, and other life stressors. |
Abstract
The opioid epidemic continues to be a growing public health concern in the United States, with Black mothers who have young children being a particularly vulnerable population. In this review, the authors first summarize the mental and physical health disparities faced by this population from the perspective of minority stress theory, considering the role of racial discrimination, gender stigma, trauma, parenting and other life stressors.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on addiction, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic psychedelics: An integrative review of epidemiology, therapeutics, mystical experience, and brain network function. General population | 2019 | Integrative review | |
| Mindfulness meditation–based pain relief: a mechanistic account | 2016 | Review | |
| Psychedelics as anti-inflammatory agents Animal models and cellular studies | 2018 | Review | |
| A narrative review of yoga and mindfulness as complementary therapies for addiction. | 2013 | Review | |
| The neuropsychopharmacology of cannabis: A review of human imaging studies | 2018 | Review |