Citation

Foley M, Schwab-Reese LM. Soc. Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol. 2019; 54(1): 131-134.

Affiliation

Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, 800 W Stadium Ave., Lafayette, IN, 47905, USA. lschwabr@purdue.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00127-018-1594-y

PMID

30173316

Abstract

PURPOSE: To assess the relationship between state-level depression and opioid overdose deaths between 2011 and 2015 in the United States.

METHODS: We assessed the association between percent of state populations reporting depression diagnoses and number of opioid analgesic-related deaths using negative binomial generalized estimating equations.

RESULTS: A 1% point increase in state-level depression diagnoses was associated with a 26% (95% CI 1-58%) increase in opioid analgesic-related deaths.

CONCLUSIONS: Addressing depression in the provider-patient relationship may be important, as may be addressing the mental health provider shortage in the United States.

Language: en

Keywords

Depression; Mental health; Opioid; Overdose