Healio (10/15, Demko) reports researchers found in an analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “that a 1% point increase in state-level depression diagnoses was tied to a 26% increase in opioid analgesic-related deaths.” The findings were published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.
Related Links:
— “Strong link between depression rates, opioid-related deaths, “Savannah Demko, Healio, October 15, 2018.