Hulsey, Eric G and Li, Yuan and Hacker, Karen and Williams, Karl and Collins, Kathryn and Dalton, Erin (2020) Potential emerging risks among children following parental opioid-related overdose death. JAMA Pediatrics, 174, (5), 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.0613.
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Research letter.
The opioid epidemic is also affecting families and, most importantly, children. People who died of an overdose were most frequently between age 25 to 54 years and in their child-rearing years. The goal of this study was to determine the number of children who experienced unexpected parental loss because of opioid-related overdoses in Allegheny County. It also sought to understand their human service encounters and mental health services use subsequent to parental loss.
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder > Drug use disorder > Drug intoxication > Poisoning (overdose)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Risk and protective factors > Risk factors
L Social psychology and related concepts > Family > Family and kinship > Family relations > Family role
L Social psychology and related concepts > Family > Family and kinship > Family and substance use > Substance related family problems
P Demography, epidemiology, and history > Population dynamics > Substance related mortality / death
T Demographic characteristics > Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)
T Demographic characteristics > Affected family members / concerned persons
T Demographic characteristics > Child of person who uses substances
T Demographic characteristics > Parent / guardian
VA Geographic area > United States
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