Confronting Death From Drug Self-Intoxication (DDSI): Prevention Through a Better Definition
| Autor: | John Kleinig, Knox H. Todd, Diego De Leo, Sandra L. Putnam, David W. Fraser, Ian R. H. Rockett, Gordon S. Smith, Kurt B. Nolte, Steven Stack, Randy Hanzlick, Nestor D. Kapusta, Charles P. E. Naylor, Eric D. Caine, G. Luke Larkin, Ted R. Miller |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Suicide Prevention medicine.medical_specialty Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Cause of Death Terminology as Topic Intervention (counseling) Injury prevention Humans Medicine Medical prescription Psychiatry Cause of death business.industry Poisoning Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health United States Suicide Population Surveillance Female Drug Overdose business Online Analytic Essays |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Public Health. 104:e49-e55 |
| ISSN: | 1541-0048 0090-0036 |
| Popis: | Suicide and other self-directed violence deaths are likely grossly underestimated, reflecting inappropriate classification of many drug intoxication deaths as accidents or unintentional and heterogeneous ascertainment and coding practices across states. As the tide of prescription and illicit drug-poisoning deaths is rising, public health and research needs would be better satisfied by considering most of these deaths a result of self-intoxication. Epidemiologists and prevention scientists could design better intervention strategies by focusing on premorbid behavior. We propose incorporating deaths from drug self-intoxication and investigations of all poisoning deaths into the National Violent Death Reporting System, which contains misclassified homicides and undetermined intent deaths, to facilitate efforts to comprehend and reverse the surging rate of drug intoxication fatalities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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