Psychiatric News (9/22) reports “data from an emergency department in Richmond,” VA, indicate that “the number of nonfatal opioid-related overdoses may have risen during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among people who are Black,” researchers concluded after examining “the number of nonfatal opioid overdoses recorded in electronic medical records from VCU’s Emergency Department from March to June 2019 with those that occurred from March to June 2020 – the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic.” The study revealed that “nonfatal opioid overdoses increased from 102 between March and June 2019 to 227 between March and June 2020.” The findings were published in JAMA.
Related Links:
— “Nonfatal Opioid Overdoses Rose During COVID-19 Pandemic, Report Suggests, Psychiatric News, September 22, 2020