Why Gender Still Matters
Women develop substance use disorders faster than men - a pattern known as this.
What is the telescoping effect?
Between 60-80% of women in treatment report having experienced this.
What is lifetime trauma?
This organization estimated that 2.6 million people die annually from alcohol use worldwide.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
This form of stigma is defined by negative perceptions held by the majority toward a specific group.
What is public stigma?
The total number of people experiencing homelessness on a single night in 2024—771,480—was the highest ever recorded in this country.
What is the total population experiencing homelessness in 2024?
The gender gap in substance use is narrowing most quickly among these two groups.
Who are youth and minorities?
PTSD, depression, and these disorders frequently co-occur among women in recovery.
What are eating disorders?
According to global estimates, only this fraction of people with drug-use disorders receive treatment.
What is one in eleven?
When individuals internalize public stigma directed at them, it is called this.
What is self-stigma?
Between 2023 and 2024, this group had the largest single-year increase (39 percent) in homelessness.
Who are families with children?
The post-pandemic factors are emerging as new risk influences for women.
What are stress, social media, and isolation?
Trauma-informed care emphasizes safety, choice, collaboration, empowerment, and this key feature.
What is cultural relevance?
Men with substance-use disorders are this many times more likely to die by suicide compared to men without such issues.
What is three times?
These two emotional factors—often rooted in shame—discourage men from seeking help.
What are embarrassment and low self-esteem?
This population was the only one to show continued declines in homelessness between 2023 and 2024.
Who are veterans?
Economic pressure, trauma exposure, caregiving roles, and this persistent social factor remain barriers.
What is stigma?
This group experiences compounded barriers, including rural, older, LGBTQ+, and minority women.
What are intersectional populations?
The DSM-5-TR groups both substance-related and this type of behavioral disorder under “addictive disorders.“
What is gambling disorder?
According to the study, male gender norms often associate seeking help with violating this masculine ideal.
What is the ideal of being strong and self-reliant?
Nearly one in five people experiencing homelessness in 2024 were this age or older.
What is 55 years old?
This 2025 framework emphasizes trauma-informed, strengths-based, and relationship-centered care.
What is the gender-responsive approach?
Integrating faith leaders, community healers, and peer mentors reflects this inclusive care approach.
What is culturally grounded care?
This international organization highlights the expansion of global drug consumption and markets.
What is the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)?
One major facilitator that counters stigma and promotes help-seeking among men.
What is social support?
The report cites these three economic and systemic factors as major drivers of the historic increase in homelessness.
What are the affordable-housing crisis, rising inflation, and stagnant wages?