Updated Version Of Established Model For MDD May Offer “Useful Foundation” Toward A Comprehensive Developmental Model Of Prescription Opioid Use Disorder, Researchers Say

Healio (12/13, Gramigna) reported, “An updated version of an established model for major depressive disorder [MDD] offers a ‘useful foundation’ toward a comprehensive developmental model of prescription opioid use disorder,” researchers concluded after drawing “data from the 2012 to 2013 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III and divided risk factors into four developmental tiers – childhood/early adolescence, late adolescence, adulthood and past-year,” then using “hierarchical logistic regression models to assess each risk factor’s independent contribution and built separate models to predict 12-month nonmedical prescription opioid use and risk for prescription opioid use disorder among individuals with 12-month nonmedical use.” The findings were published online Dec. 3 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

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— “Updated depressive model targets patients with prescription opioid use disorder, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, December 13, 2019

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