Confronting death from drug self-intoxication (DDSI): Prevention through a better definition
© 2013 American Public Health Association. Suicide and other selfdirected violence deaths are likely grossly underestimated, reflecting inappropriate classification ofmany drug intoxication deaths as accidents or unintentional and heterogeneous ascertainment and coding practices across states. As th...
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| author | Rockett, I. Smith, G. Caine, E. Kapusta, N. Hanzlick, R. Larkin, G. Naylor, C. Nolte, K. Miller, Ted Putnam, S. De Leo, D. Kleinig, J. Stack, S. Todd, K. Fraser, D. |
| author_facet | Rockett, I. Smith, G. Caine, E. Kapusta, N. Hanzlick, R. Larkin, G. Naylor, C. Nolte, K. Miller, Ted Putnam, S. De Leo, D. Kleinig, J. Stack, S. Todd, K. Fraser, D. |
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| description | © 2013 American Public Health Association. Suicide and other selfdirected violence deaths are likely grossly underestimated, reflecting inappropriate classification ofmany 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 selfintoxication 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. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-686632018-06-29T12:35:13Z Confronting death from drug self-intoxication (DDSI): Prevention through a better definition Rockett, I. Smith, G. Caine, E. Kapusta, N. Hanzlick, R. Larkin, G. Naylor, C. Nolte, K. Miller, Ted Putnam, S. De Leo, D. Kleinig, J. Stack, S. Todd, K. Fraser, D. © 2013 American Public Health Association. Suicide and other selfdirected violence deaths are likely grossly underestimated, reflecting inappropriate classification ofmany 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 selfintoxication 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. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68663 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302244 American Public Health Association restricted |
| spellingShingle | Rockett, I. Smith, G. Caine, E. Kapusta, N. Hanzlick, R. Larkin, G. Naylor, C. Nolte, K. Miller, Ted Putnam, S. De Leo, D. Kleinig, J. Stack, S. Todd, K. Fraser, D. Confronting death from drug self-intoxication (DDSI): Prevention through a better definition |
| title | Confronting death from drug self-intoxication (DDSI): Prevention through a better definition |
| title_full | Confronting death from drug self-intoxication (DDSI): Prevention through a better definition |
| title_fullStr | Confronting death from drug self-intoxication (DDSI): Prevention through a better definition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Confronting death from drug self-intoxication (DDSI): Prevention through a better definition |
| title_short | Confronting death from drug self-intoxication (DDSI): Prevention through a better definition |
| title_sort | confronting death from drug self-intoxication (ddsi): prevention through a better definition |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68663 |