A taxonomy of social support interventions for People experiencing a syndemic of substance use disorder, criminal legal involvement, and downstream Health sequelae
• New taxonomy of social support for PWUD and PCLI guides impactful interventions. • Framework of social support interventions based on endogenous, exogenous, and hybrid social support agents. • Reviews NIH and NIDA-supported studies to classify and analyze social support interventions. • Future research should focus on implementation, effectiveness, and generalizability. • Highlights the importance of supporting the supporters and evaluating social support impacts.
Authors
- Lindsay Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3512-8904)
- Silvia Minardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8834-8751)
- John A. Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7870-5639)
- Basmattee Boodram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3686-8894)
- Nina T. Harawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7486-8393)
- Carrie B. Oser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-9335)
- Bruce G. Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8115-1438)
- Jessica Hulsey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0338-0411)
- Russell Brewer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1062-3717)
- Danielle S. Rudes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0439-5762)
- Jonathan Ozik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3495-6735)
- Harold A. Pollack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1629-1175)
- Elizabeth Salisbury‐Afshar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4096-6822)
- Alida Bouris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2087-3151)
- Faye S. Taxman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9530-731X)
- Carrie Pettus‐Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3378-3008)
- Anna Hotton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4570-8155)
- Esbeidy Torres Hondal
- Mai T. Pho
Institutions
- Argonne National Laboratory (US)
- University of Kentucky (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- George Mason University (US)
- Chicago Department of Public Health (US)
- Sam Houston State University (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- American Society of Addiction Medicine (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- University of Wisconsin Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SSM - Mental Health
- Published
- 2025-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100428
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00