Risks of Mortality Following Nonfatal Intentional and Unintentional Opioid Overdoses

JAMA Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 1;77(11):1191-1193. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1045.

Authors

Mark Olfson¹, Michael Schoenbaum², Sidra Goldman-Mellor³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.
² Division of Services and Intervention Research, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
³ School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts, Department of Public Health, University of California, Merced.

Abstract

This cohort study examines mortality following nonfatal opioid overdoses of intentional, unintentional, and undetermined intent.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

California / epidemiology
Humans
Mortality / trends*
Opiate Overdose / epidemiology
Opiate Overdose / mortality*
Proportional Hazards Models
Risk Assessment / methods
Risk Assessment / statistics & numerical data*

Grants and funding

R15 MH113108/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States