Mood, Anxiety Disorders, and Opioids

This article talks about the study of people with mood and anxiety disorders and their experience with recreational opioids. The study also concluded that people with these mood and anxiety disorders were more likely to use opioids recreational to alleviate their symptoms. Identifying and treating these symptoms early will decrease the need to self-medicate. In conclusions the studies have found the link between mood and anxiety disorders and using opioid recreationally. So detecting these disorders early can prevent use of opioids.