Substance use disorder and the baby boom generation: Does Berlin outpatient addiction care face a sustained change?

Purpose The ageing of baby boomers is expected to confront addiction care with new challenges. This cohort had greater exposition to psychoactive substances in youth than earlier cohorts. In this study we aimed to investigate whether Berlin addiction care is confronted with a sustained change in its clientele initiated by the baby boomers. Methods Using data from Berlin outpatient addiction care facilities, we contrasted type of primary substance use disorder and number of comorbid substance use disorders in baby boomers with an earlier and a later cohort. To isolate cohort effects, two‐level random intercept re…