Dr. El-Bassel quoted in Bustle article about women and the opioid epidemic

In a recent article in Bustle, Dr. El-Bassel draws from her deep knowledge of couple-based therapies to describe how women in abusive relationships face unique challenges in the opioid crisis.

June 06, 2019
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Dr. Nabila El-Bassel, the Director of the Social Intervention Group, was quoted in this latest Bustle article. Bustle, an online American women's magazine with about 50 million monthly readers, is running a series on women and the opioid epidemic.

In the article, Dr. El-Bassel cautions that women who repeatedly experience trauma may cope by continuing to misuse drugs to escape, and that violence must be prevented well before a person experiences a substance use disorder.

Read the full article.

Read a summary from Columbia University.