Frederic C. Blow

TL;DR: Among patients receiving opioid prescriptions for pain, higher opioid doses were associated with increased risk of opioid overdose death, and receiving both as-needed and regularly scheduled doses was not associated with overdose risk after adjustment.

TL;DR: It is shown that a substantial number of pregnant women screened in obstetrics settings have significant symptoms of depression, and most of them are not being monitored in treatment during this vulnerable time.

TL;DR: Whether a pharmacy-based measure of outpatient adherence, the medication possession ratio (MPR), is associated with adverse outcomes among patients with schizophrenia, as evidenced by increased psychiatric admission is investigated.

TL;DR: A brief intervention addressing violence and alcohol use among adolescents presenting to an urban ED with self-reported alcohol use and aggression resulted in a decrease in the prevalence of self- reported aggression and alcohol consequences.

TL;DR: Adolescents seeking care in the EDare ananimantpopulation forinjuryprevention basedonincreasedrisk ofprob-lems related to alcohol and violence as mentioned in this paper, which may reach adolescents who do not attend school regularly, who lack a primary care physician, or who view them-selves as too old to be seen by pedia-tricians andhavenot established adult medical care.