Social and transcultural aspects of substance misuse

This review is divided into two parts. The first describes papers published in the review period that look at the effects of the socioeconomic status, the workplace, homelessness, rural living and natural disasters on some as pects of substance misuse behaviour and access to treatment. The second par t reviews papers published on ways of describing substance misuse in differ ent cultural groups, and then goes on to look at papers published examining substance misuse in native Americans, Hispanic communities in the United S tates, and other cultural groups. Curr Opin Psychiatry 14:173-177. (C) 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.