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Association Between State-Level Prescription Opioid Limitation Laws & Suicide Outcomes

by S K | Nov 14, 2019

Suicide is a significant and growing public health concern, and a leading cause of death in the United States (U.S.). Suicide ranks in the top ten leading causes of death for those ages 10-64, and accounted for almost 45,000 deaths in 2016 in the U.S. In addition to...

Overdose and Fall Risk Concentration among Benzodiazepine Users

by S K | Nov 14, 2019

Unintentional injury is a significant burden and source of premature mortality for aging Americans: in 2016, there were 53,141 deaths due to unintentional injury among adults 65 and older (“older adults”) and an additional 5.1 million non-fatal injuries. Falls are the...

Examining Opioid Overdose Risk in the Context of Changing Patterns of Opioid Prescribing and Overdose

by S K | Nov 14, 2019

Opioid overdose mortality continues to rise, but major shifts have occurred in the relative proportion of deaths attributed to specific opioid types. Opioids can be categorized into natural/semisynthetic opioids (e.g.including prescribed hydrocodone and oxycodone),...

Translation of a Crisis Line Facilitation (MVCL) for Suicide Prevention using Crisis Line Facilitation

by S K | Nov 14, 2019

In 2016, 45,000 U.S. individuals died by suicide, twice as many as died by homicide. Military personnel are disproportionately affected, especially in the National Guard (NG) where suicide rates (27.6/100,000) are the highest of all the Armed Forces and twice those of...

Translation of an Evidenced-Based Violence Intervention for Adolescents in Primary Care (SafERteens-PC)

by boxcar-admin | Sep 13, 2018

The SafERteens Study demonstrated the efficacy of a brief intervention (BI) for violence on changing attitudes, self-efficacy, and reducing violent behaviors, peer victimization, and violence-related consequences among adolescents in the emergency department (ED). The...

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Association Between State-Level Prescription Opioid Limitation Laws & Suicide Outcomes

Overdose and Fall Risk Concentration among Benzodiazepine Users

Examining Opioid Overdose Risk in the Context of Changing Patterns of Opioid Prescribing and Overdose

Translation of a Crisis Line Facilitation (MVCL) for Suicide Prevention using Crisis Line Facilitation

Translation of an Evidenced-Based Violence Intervention for Adolescents in Primary Care (SafERteens-PC)

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