Psychiatric News (4/9) reported, “Opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose among young people who fill an initial opioid prescription are rare but more likely to occur in those who have other substance use disorders or who have mood or anxiety disorders,” investigators concluded after analyzing “data from the health insurance claims of more than 3.2 million youth aged 11 to 25 years who filled an initial opioid prescription between 2006 and 2016.” The findings were published online March 19 in the journal Addiction.
Related Links:
— “Study Identifies Risk Factors for Opioid Use Disorder, Overdose in Youth, Psychiatric News, April 9, 2021