Amid the COVID-19 pandemic emergency departments (ED) across America have seen a rise in admissions due to mental health concerns and drug overdoses, according to a study recently published in JAMA Psychiatry. Specifically, researchers found that ED visits for opioid overdoses were up nearly 29% year-over-year. Additionally, when compared to 2019, the weekly rate of […]
JAMA Psychiatry
While opioid addiction dates back several decades, the phenomena only evolved into an epidemic in recent years. Since 2000, opioid overdose deaths have increased by about 200%, according to the American Association of Addiction Psychiatry. And in 2017 alone, nearly 48,000 people died from opioid overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
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