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Ghadipasha M, Talaie R, Mahmoodi Z, Karimi SE, Forouzesh M, Morsalpour M, Mahdavi SA, Mousavi SS, Ashrafiesfahani S, Kordrostami R, Dadashzadehasl N. Spatial, geographic, and demographic factors associated with adolescent and youth suicide: a systematic review study. Front Psychiatry 2024; 15:1261621. [PMID: 38404471 PMCID: PMC10893588 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1261621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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Background Suicide is a public health issue and a main cause of mortality among adolescents and the youth worldwide, particularly in developing countries. Objectives The present research is a systematic review aiming to investigate the spatial, geographical, and demographic factors related to suicide among adolescents and the youth. Methods In this systematic review, two researchers examined PsycINFO, Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed databases on December 7th, 2022 with no time limits from the beginning of publication until 2022 to identify the primary studies on spatial and geographic analysis on adolescent and youth suicides. Once duplicate studies were identified and removed, the titles and abstracts of studies were examined and irrelevant studies were also removed. Finally, 22 studies were reviewed based on the inclusion criteria. Results Our findings show that suicide rates are generally higher among men, residents of rural and less densely populated regions, coastal and mountainous regions, natives, 15-29 age group, less privileged populations with social fragmentation, unemployed, divorced or lonely people, those who live in single parent families, people with mental health issues, and those with low levels of education. Conclusions Stronger evidence supports the effects of geographic and demographic variables on youth and adolescent suicide rates as compared with spatial variables. These findings suggest that policy makers take spatial and demographic factors into consideration when health systems allocate resources for suicide prevention, and that national policymakers integrate demographic and geographic variables into health service programs. Systematic Review Registration https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier CRD42023430994.
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- Masoud Ghadipasha
- Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Shahid Modarres Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
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Abreu LCC, Conceição SDS, de Carvalho DSB, Machado AC, Lyrio AO, Souza ES, Souza CS, de Matos PJDS, Batista JET, Gomes JDA, Hintz AM, Pereira PPDS, da Cruz SS, Gomes-Filho IS, Figueiredo ACMG. Factors Associated with Cocaine Consumption among Suicide Victim. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:14309. [PMID: 36361188 PMCID: PMC9654489 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192114309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Cocaine use is an increasingly frequent event, especially in young people, and can cause irreversible consequences, such as suicide. To evaluate the factors associated with cocaine use in the moments preceding to suicide. This is a population-based, cross-sectional, and analytical study conducted in the Brazilian Federal District by researchers from the Department of Health and the Civil Police Institute of Criminalistics. All people who died due to suicide in 2018 were included in the survey. Cocaine use was considered the dependent variable, and robust Poisson regression was performed to estimate the crude and adjusted prevalence ratios and their respective population confidence intervals. In 2018, 12,157 deaths were recorded, of which suicide accounted for 1.56% of all deaths. It was observed that being between 25 and 44 years old, male, and under the influence of alcohol or cannabis, had a strong positive association with cocaine consumption among suicide victims. Males, people with black skin, with lower level of education, with employment, and who were under the effect of the use of cannabis and/or alcohol in the previous hours of death had a higher propensity to consume cocaine immediately before suicide, with a moderate to strong magnitude of prevalence ratio. The findings of this research indicated the need for monitoring, by health services, of people most vulnerable to suicide through the consumption of psychoactive substances.
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- Department of Public Health of the Federal District, Brasília 70390-125, Federal District, Brazil
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- Department of Health of University of Brasilia, Brasília 70910-900, Federal District, Brazil
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- Department of Health of University of Brasilia, Brasília 70910-900, Federal District, Brazil
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- Health Sciences Teaching and Research Foundation’s, Brasília 70710-907, Federal District, Brazil
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- Department of Health, Feira de Santana State University, Feira de Santana 44036-900, Bahia, Brazil
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- Department of Epidemiology, Federal University of Recôncavo of Bahia, Santo Antônio de Jesus 44430-622, Bahia, Brazil
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- Department of Health, Feira de Santana State University, Feira de Santana 44036-900, Bahia, Brazil
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Benson R, Rigby J, Brunsdon C, Cully G, Too LS, Arensman E. Quantitative Methods to Detect Suicide and Self-Harm Clusters: A Systematic Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19095313. [PMID: 35564710 PMCID: PMC9099648 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Suicide and self-harm clusters exist in various forms, including point, mass, and echo clusters. The early identification of clusters is important to mitigate contagion and allocate timely interventions. A systematic review was conducted to synthesize existing evidence of quantitative analyses of suicide and self-harm clusters. Electronic databases including Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus were searched from date of inception to December 2020 for studies that statistically analyzed the presence of suicide or self-harm clusters. Extracted data were narratively synthesized due to heterogeneity among the statistical methods applied. Of 7268 identified studies, 79 were eligible for narrative synthesis. Most studies quantitatively verified the presence of suicide and self-harm clusters based on the scale of the data and type of cluster. A Poisson-based scan statistical model was found to be effective in accurately detecting point and echo clusters. Mass clusters are typically detected by a time-series regression model, although limitations exist. Recently, the statistical analysis of suicide and self-harm clusters has progressed due to advances in quantitative methods and geospatial analytical techniques, most notably spatial scanning software. The application of such techniques to real-time surveillance data could effectively detect emerging clusters and provide timely intervention.
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- Ruth Benson
- School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Western Gateway Building, T12 XF62 Cork, Ireland; (G.C.); (E.A.)
- National Suicide Research Foundation, University College Cork, 4.28 Western Gateway Building, T12 XF62 Cork, Ireland
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- National Centre for Geocomputation, Maynooth University, W23 F2H6 Maynooth, Ireland; (J.R.); (C.B.)
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- National Centre for Geocomputation, Maynooth University, W23 F2H6 Maynooth, Ireland; (J.R.); (C.B.)
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- School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Western Gateway Building, T12 XF62 Cork, Ireland; (G.C.); (E.A.)
- National Suicide Research Foundation, University College Cork, 4.28 Western Gateway Building, T12 XF62 Cork, Ireland
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- Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia;
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- School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Western Gateway Building, T12 XF62 Cork, Ireland; (G.C.); (E.A.)
- National Suicide Research Foundation, University College Cork, 4.28 Western Gateway Building, T12 XF62 Cork, Ireland
- Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4122, Australia
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Farahbakhsh M, Asgari MN, Aslrahimi V, Hemmati A, Iranzad I, Azizi H. Socio-demographic status and 12 years trend of completed suicide in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, during the period 2007–2018. MIDDLE EAST CURRENT PSYCHIATRY 2021. [DOI: 10.1186/s43045-021-00111-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The incidence rate of suicide has been increased in Iran over the past decades especially in East Azerbaijan Province which there are limited studies on suicide. We aimed to investigate the 12-year trend of suicide and demographic characteristics in East Azerbaijan Province during the period 2007–2018. We obtained the data on the suicide mortality and socio-demographic status from the Death Registry Information System (DRIS) and compared with legal medicine suicide statistics during the study period.
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A total of 2422 and 1783 suicide cases were reported by legal medicine and DRIS (average incidence rate 5.94 vs 4.4 per 100,000) in the 12-year period from 2007 to 2018, respectively. The suicide rate in males was more than two times that of females. The mean and median age of suicide was 34.07 and 31 years, respectively. The most common suicide method was hanging (51.9%). The incidence rate of suicide cases was decreasing between 2007 and 2014, however from 2015 to 2018 has been increased.
Conclusions
The incidence rate of suicide in this province has been increasing with a smooth slope. Community-based programs and measures should be taken to stop the growth rate of suicide.
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Braga CMR, Nogueira LMV, Trindade LDNM, Rodrigues ILA, André SR, Silva IFSD, Paiva BL. Suicide in indigenous and non-indigenous population: a contribution to health management. Rev Bras Enferm 2021; 73:e20200186. [PMID: 33470381 DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the sociodemographic and epidemiological profile of suicide in the indigenous and non-indigenous population and the spatiality of the event. METHOD Epidemiological, descriptive research, carried out with data from the Mortality Information System. Suicide mortality rates were calculated for the 144 municipalities in Pará and linked to the geographic location values of the municipalities; subsequently, thematic maps were built using the QGIS 3.10.3 software. The association between variables was measured by the G test. RESULTS 1,387 suicide records were studied, and the mortality rate among indigenous people was low in comparison to non-indigenous people, reaching 0.1/100 thousand inhabitants and 17.5/100 thousand inhabitants, respectively. CONCLUSION Suicide is heterogeneously distributed in the territory, with greater vulnerability of the indigenous people, which demands different policies considering their cultural diversity.
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Colombo-Souza P, Tranchitella FB, Ribeiro AP, Juliano Y, Novo NF. Suicide mortality in the city of São Paulo: epidemiological characteristics and their social factors in a temporal trend between 2000 and 2017. Retrospective study. SAO PAULO MED J 2020; 138:253-258. [PMID: 32578744 PMCID: PMC9671229 DOI: 10.1590/1516-3180.2019.0539.r1.05032020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Suicide is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, accounting for one million deaths annually. Greater understanding of the causal risk factors is needed, especially in large urban centers. OBJECTIVE To ascertain the epidemiological profile and temporal trend of suicides over two decades and correlate prevalence with social indicators. DESIGN AND SETTING Descriptive population-based longitudinal retrospective study conducted in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS A temporal trend series for suicide mortality in this city was constructed based on data from the Ministry of Health's mortality notification system, covering 2000-2017. It was analyzed using classic demographic variables relating to social factors. RESULTS Suicide rates were high throughout this period, increasing from 4.6/100,000 inhabitants in the 2000s to 4.9/100,000 in 2017 (mean: 4.7/100,000). The increase in mortality was mainly due to increased male suicide, which went from 6.0/100,000 to the current 8.0/100,000. Other higher coefficients corresponded to social risk factors, such as being a young adult (25-44 years old), being more educated (eight years of schooling) and having white ethnicity (67.2%). Suicide was also twice as likely to occur at home (47.8%). CONCLUSION High suicide rates were seen over the period 2000-2017, especially among young adults and males. High schooling levels and white ethnicity were risk factors. The home environment is the crucial arena for preventive action. One special aspect of primary prevention is the internet and especially social media, which provides a multitude of information for suicide prevention.
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- Patrícia Colombo-Souza
- PhD. Professor and Researcher, Postgraduate Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade de Santo Amaro (UNISA), São Paulo, Brazil.
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- MD, MSc. Orthopedic Doctor, Postgraduate Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade de Santo Amaro (UNISA), São Paulo, Brazil.
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- PhD. Professor and Coordinator, Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Laboratory, Postgraduate Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade de Santo Amaro (UNISA), São Paulo, Brazil; Postdoctoral Student, Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.
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- MD. Professor and Researcher, Postgraduate Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade de Santo Amaro (UNISA), São Paulo, Brazil.
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- MD. Professor and Researcher, Postgraduate Department of Health Sciences, Medical School, Universidade de Santo Amaro (UNISA), São Paulo, Brazil.
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Yamaoka K, Suzuki M, Inoue M, Ishikawa H, Tango T. Spatial clustering of suicide mortality and associated community characteristics in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, 2011-2017. BMC Psychiatry 2020; 20:74. [PMID: 32070316 PMCID: PMC7029524 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-020-2479-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Suicide mortality is high in Japan and early interventional strategies to solve that problem are needed. An accurate evaluation of the regional status of current suicide mortality would be useful for community interventions. A few studies in Kanagawa prefecture, located next to Tokyo and with the second largest population in Japan, have identified spatial clusters of suicide mortality at regional levels. This study examined spatial clustering and clustering over time of such events using spatial data from regional statistics on suicide deaths. METHODS Data were obtained from regional statistics (58 regions in Kanagawa prefecture) of the National Vital Statistics of Japan from 2011 to 2017. The standardized mortality ratio (SMR) and Empirical Bayes estimator for the SMR (EBSMR) were used as measures. Spatial clusters were examined by Kulldorff's circular spatial scan statistic, Tango-Takahashi's flexible spatial scan statistic and Tango's test. Linear regression and conditional autoregressive (CAR) models were used not only to adjust for covariates but also to estimate regional effects. The analyses were conducted for each year, inclusive. RESULTS Among male suicide deaths, being unemployed (50%) was most frequently related to suicide while among female health problem (50%) were frequent. Spatial clusters with significance detected by FlexScan, SatScan and Tango's test were few and varied somewhat according to the method used. Spatial clusters were detected in some regions including Kawasaki ward after adjustment by covariates. By the linear regression models, selected variables with significance were different between the sexes. For males, unemployment, family size, and proportion of higher education were detected for several of the years studied while for females, family size and divorce rate were detected over this period. These variables were also observed by the CAR model with 5 covariates. Regional effects were much clearer by considering the spatial parameter for both males and females and especially, Kawasaki ward was detected as a high risk region in many years. CONCLUSION The present results detected some spatial clustering of suicide deaths within certain regions. Factors related to suicide deaths were also indicated. These results would provide important information in policy making for suicide prevention.
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- Kazue Yamaoka
- Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
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- grid.264706.10000 0000 9239 9995Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605 Japan
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- grid.264706.10000 0000 9239 9995Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605 Japan
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- grid.264706.10000 0000 9239 9995Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605 Japan
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- grid.264706.10000 0000 9239 9995Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605 Japan ,Center for Medical Statistics, Tokyo, Japan
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Pan K, Silver S, Davis C. Analysis of psychiatrists' prescription of opioid, benzodiazepine, and buprenorphine in Medicare Part D in the United States. TRENDS IN PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY 2020; 42:48-54. [PMID: 32321084 DOI: 10.1590/2237-6089-2019-0015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The opioid epidemic is a severe problem in the world, especially in the United States, where prescription opioid overdose accounts for a quarter of drug overdose deaths. OBJECTIVE To describe psychiatrists' prescription of opioid, benzodiazepine, and buprenorphine in the United States. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of the 2016 Medicare Part D claims data and analyzed psychiatrists' prescriptions of: 1) opioids; 2) benzodiazepines, whose concurrent prescription with opioids can cause overdose death; 3) buprenorphine, a partial opioid agonist for treating opioid addiction; 4) and naltrexone microsphere, a once-monthly injectable opioid antagonist to prevent relapse to opioid dependence. Prescribers with 11 or more claims were included in the analysis. RESULTS In Medicare Part D in 2016, there were a total of 1,131,550 prescribers accounting for 1,480,972,766 total prescriptions and 78,145,305 opioid prescriptions, including 25,528 psychiatrists (2.6% of all prescribers) accounting for 44,684,504 total prescriptions (3.0% of all prescriptions) and 131,115 opioid prescriptions (0.2% of all opioid prescriptions). Psychiatrists accounted for 17.3% of benzodiazepine, 16.3% of buprenorphine, and 33.4% of naltrexone microsphere prescriptions. The opioid prescription rate of psychiatrists was much lower than that of all prescribers (0.3 vs 5.3%). The buprenorphine prescription rate of psychiatrists was much higher than that of all prescribers (2.3 vs. 0.1%). There was a substantial geographical variation across the United States. CONCLUSIONS The results show that, proportionally, psychiatrists have lower rates of opioid prescription and higher rates of benzodiazepine and buprenorphine prescription.
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- Kevin Pan
- Department of Economics, Finance, and Quantitative Analysis, Samford University, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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