Intersection of Race and Ethnicity With Social Determinants of Health in Access to Treatment for Alcohol Use…

Cross-sectionalPsychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)· Aug 2026

Intersection of Race and Ethnicity With Social Determinants of Health in Access to Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder in 2023.

Alyssa Burnett, Bryant Shuey, Stephanie Argetsinger … Hefei Wen

Addiction MedicineCross-sectionalClinical practiceQ2IF 2.4

Only 9.6% of U.S. adults with alcohol use disorder received treatment in 2023.

Intersection of Race and Ethnicity With Social Determinants of Health in Access to Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder in 2023.

Alyssa Burnett … Hefei Wen

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · Aug 2026 · Q2 in Psychiatry

Purpose

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated health disparities and increased alcohol use and its health consequences.

Methods

In this cross-sectional analysis, the authors used a nationally representative sample of 5,785 U.

n = 5,785 U. S. adults

9.6%

Results

9.6%

fewer than 1 in 10 got care, most who needed it went untreated

n = 5,785 U. S. adults

More results

Compared with other racial and ethnic groups, non-Hispanic Black or African American adults had the lowest probability of receiving treatment for alcohol use disorder overall and in the stratified analyses of nine of 20 SDOH subcategories.

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Conclusion · 1 of 2

These findings highlight significant disparities in the receipt of treatment for alcohol use disorder among non-Hispanic Black or African American adults, generally concentrated within the more vulnerable SDOH categories.

Conclusion · 2 of 2

These results underscore a critical need for clinically and culturally nuanced policies and practices tailored to specific populations with health disparities.

Intersection of Race and Ethnicity With Social Determinants of Health in Access to Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder in 2023.

Intersection of Race and Ethnicity With Social Determinants of Health in Access to Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder in 2023.

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