Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator, and Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), as a collaborator, with GBD 2023 US Substance Use Disorders Collaborators, coauthored the article titled, “National- and state-level burdens of substance use disorders in the USA, 1990-2023, with forecasts up to 2050: Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" in the journal Med (Impact factor 11.8). The study found that in 2023, the United States had the highest age-standardized prevalence of substance use disorders across the world, and this trend is showing signs of increasing until 2050 if corrective measures are not implemented. Evidence-based educational, behavioral, policy, and legislative interventions are necessary to curb this trend. Roy is a graduate assistant.
