Controversy surrounds the effects of policies to reduce opioid prescriptions on suicide rates. There are concerns that rapid reductions in prescription opioids might provoke increased suicide risk among people who become desparate after they are taken off opioids. According to a new study, however, changes in regional opioid prescribing and regional suicide rates tend to move in the same direction. This relationship held for rates of opioid prescribing, rates of high-dose prescribing and long-term prescribing, and having multiple opioid prescribers.
The majority of mass murderers and mass shooters did not have a severe mental illness, according to research conducted by Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) on 82 mass killings that occurred at least partially in academic settings around the world.
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Get latest articles and stories on Health at LatestLY. A research team at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) examining 82 mass murders that occurred at least partially in academic settings throughout the world, found that most mass murderers and mass shooters did not have a severe mental illness. Health News | Research Finds Most Mass School Shootings Not Caused by Mental Illness.