New Kaiser Permanente study will examine the role of opioid use in suicide risk

(Kaiser Permanente) Kaiser Permanente researchers have received a major grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to examine the role of opioid use in suicide risk and develop better tools to help clinicians identify patients who are at highest risk. The three-year, $1.4 million study will be led by Bobbi Jo Yarborough, Psy.D., an investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news