Suicidal ideation and attempts following nonmedical use of prescription opioids and related disorder.

CONCLUSIONS: Heavy/frequent opioid use and related disorder were associated with prevalent suicide attempts; opioid use disorder was also associated with the incident and prevalent suicidal ideation. Given population increases in nonmedical use of prescription opioids and disorder, the opioid crisis may have contributed to population increases in suicidal ideation. PMID: 32635959 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32635959?dopt=Abstract

Source: Psychological Medicine - July 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Santaella-Tenorio J, Martins SS, Cerdá M, Olfson M, Keyes KM Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research