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Aims
To estimate the treated prevalence of mental illness, substance use disorder (SUD) and dual diagnosis and the association between dual diagnosis and fatal and non‐fatal overdose among residents of British Columbia (BC), Canada.
Design
A retrospective cohort study using linked health, income assistance, corrections and death records.
Setting
British Columbia (BC), Canada.
Participants
A...
Background and aims
Incarceration produces a specific public health threat for drug overdose, and correctional settings do not offer medication for opioid use disorder. This study examined the overall impact of jail incarceration on overdose, the specific hazard for those booked on a syringe‐related charge and the proportion of all overdose decedents in the community who were in the jail prior to...
Aims
To examine how weekly rates of emergency department (ED) visits for drug overdoses changed among individuals with a recent history of homelessness (IRHH) and their housed counterparts during the pre‐pandemic, peak, and re‐opening periods of the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic, using corresponding weeks in 2019 as a historical control.
Design
Population‐based retrospective cohort study...
Aims
To measure and evaluate clinical response to nasal naloxone in opioid overdoses in the pre‐hospital environment.
Design
Randomised, controlled, double‐dummy, blinded, non‐inferiority trial, and conducted at two centres.
Setting
Participants were included by ambulance staff in Oslo and Trondheim, Norway, and treated at the place where the overdose occurred.
Participants
Men and women age...
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