Dr. Mark Olfson (Columbia University) discusses the links between opioid prescribing and suicide risk in the United States. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses how issues of substance use disorder draw together the rest of the June issue.

Olfson interview [00:46]
Geographic commuting areas [01:06]
Opioid prescription measures [02:10]
Rates of opioid prescription and suicide [03:27]
Youngest age cohorts as outliers [04:19]
Regional variations [04:57]
Limitations [05:17]
Clinical implications [05:55]
What’s next for your research? [06:21]
Kalin interview [06:42]
Olfson et al. [07:00]
Vickers-Smith et al. [08:36]
Rognli et al. [10:44]
Garrison et al. [12:51]

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