@article{ref1,
title="Associations of state-level rates of depression and fatal opioid overdose in the United States, 2011-2015",
journal="Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology",
year="2019",
author="Foley, Madeline and Schwab-Reese, Laura M.",
volume="54",
number="1",
pages="131-134",
abstract="PURPOSE: To assess the relationship between state-level depression and opioid overdose deaths between 2011 and 2015 in the United States. <br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Addressing depression in the provider-patient relationship may be important, as may be addressing the mental health provider shortage in the United States.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0933-7954",
doi="10.1007/s00127-018-1594-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-018-1594-y"
}