Filtered by: Mental and Behavioral Health
To Lower Mental Illness Stigma for EMS Clinicians, Agencies Must Value Workers’ Psychological Safety
Bryce Hruska, Maria L. Pacella-LaBarbara, and Marley S. Barduhn
This data slice shows that EMS personnel at agencies with high-risk PSC levels report 38% more mental illness stigma in the workplace compared to workers at agencies with low-risk PSC levels.
November 12, 2024
Differences in Happiness, Perceived Meaning in Life for Adults with and without Self-Care Disability
Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich, Scott D. Landes, and Shannon M. Monnat
This brief summarizes findings from a study that examined differences in happiness and perceived meaning in life between U.S. working-age adults (ages 18-64) with versus without a self-care disability (such as difficulty eating, using the toilet, or dressing without assistance) and the role social support plays in improving happiness and meaning in life.
September 10, 2024
Suicide Rates are Lower in Places with More Social Infrastructure
Xue Zhang, Danielle Rhubart, and Shannon M. Monnat
This data slice shows that suicide rates among working-age adults in 2016-2019 were significantly lower in counties with more SI, even after accounting for county-level differences in demographic composition (e.g., age, race/ethnicity, education), health care availability, and metropolitan status.
May 7, 2024
Asian Americans Experienced Large Increases in Anxiety between 2020 and 2022
Tianqi Zhou
This data slice shows that while Asian adults in the United States have lower average anxiety levels than other ethnoracial groups, they experienced the largest increase in average anxiety between 2020 and 2022.
January 16, 2024
Renegotiating Support and Benefits for Veterans with Less Than Honorable Discharges
Mariah Brennan and Emily Graham
This brief summarizes the different military discharge types, explains how less than “Honorable” discharges can affect veteran health, identifies groups of veterans who are at risk of receiving a less than “Honorable” discharge, and makes policy recommendations for the Department of Defense (DoD), civilian employers, and community healthcare providers.
November 22, 2023
Sexual Minorities are More Depressed and Anxious than Heterosexuals in the U.S.
Joshua Grove
This data slice uses data from the 2022 National Wellbeing Survey to explore the prevalence of depression and anxiety among U.S. adults ages 18-64.
November 14, 2023
Older Adults with a History of Psychiatric Conditions Experience More Cognitive Decline
Maria T. Brown and Miriam Mutambudzi
This data slice explores the associations between psychiatric history and cognitive function among U.S. White, Black, and Hispanic adults aged 65 and older from 1995 to 2014.
July 12, 2023
Collegiate Recovery Programs are An Effective But Underused Resource on College Campuses
Emily Graham
This brief explores the barriers to accessing Collegiate Recovery Programs on college campuses and provides recommendations to enhance student engagement and wellbeing.
May 26, 2023
What is the Effect of Opioid Use During Pregnancy on Infant Health and Wellbeing at Birth?
Jessica Pac, Christine Durrance, Lawrence Berger, and Deborah Ehrenthal
This brief summarizes the results from a study that evaluated the effects of exposure to prescription and illicit opioids during pregnancy on infant health and wellbeing at birth.
March 31, 2023
Federal Medication-Assisted Treatment Expansion Grants Do Not Reduce Homelessness
Andrew Sullivan and Changwe Park
This brief examined differences in homelessness and employment outcomes between places that received a MAT grant and those that did not.
March 31, 2023
Which Demographic Groups and Which Places Have the Highest Drug Overdose Rates in the U.S.?
Shannon Monnat
This brief describes demographic and geographic differences in fatal drug overdose rates from 1999-2020.
March 31, 2023
Over Two-Thirds of Opioid Overdose Victims in Canada were Employed Before They Died
Alexander Cheung, Joseph Marchand, and Patricia Mark
The authors of this brief quantify the lost labor productivity from opioid overdoses in Canada.
March 31, 2023
The OxyContin® Reformulation in 2010 Increased States’ Food Insecurity Rates
Colleen Heflin and Xiaohan Sun
This brief shows that states with higher initial OxyContin® misuse rates had an increase in food insecurity after OxyContin® reformulation.
March 31, 2023
Counties with Higher Prescription Opioid Presence Have Slower Student Learning Rates
Jessica Drescher and Carrie Townley-Flores
This brief shows that students in counties with high levels of opioid prescribing are learning more slowly over time than their peers in counties with low levels of opioid prescribing.
March 31, 2023
U.S. Counties with Higher Drug Overdose Rates Have Lower School Test Scores.
Rajeev Darolia, Sam Owens, and John Tyler
This brief describes the link between county-level opioid overdose rates and children’s test scores, finding that counties with higher overdose rates have lower average 3rd and 8th-grade test scores than counties with lower overdose rates.
March 31, 2023
How has the Opioid Overdose Crisis Affected Child Maltreatment in the U.S.?
Alexander Chapman
This brief summarizes results from a study examining the association between U.S. county-level opioid mortality rates and child maltreatment rates from 2007 to 2017. Places with higher opioid overdose mortality rates have higher rates of child maltreatment.
March 31, 2023
How Has the Opioid Crisis Affected Health, Health Care Use, and Crime in the United States?
Johanna Catherine Maclean, Justine Mallatt, Christopher J. Ruhm, and Kosali Simon
This brief summarizes what is known about the relationships between opioid misuse, health, healthcare use, and crime.
March 21, 2023
The Opioid Epidemic Has Disrupted Children’s Living Arrangements
Mónica L. Caudillo, Andres Villarreal, and Philip N. Cohen
This brief summarizes how children’s living arrangements have changed during the opioid epidemic.
March 21, 2023
Opioid Treatment Programs Can Reduce Opioid-Related Emergency Dept Visits and Foster Care Placements
Lindsey Rose Bullinger, Vivian Wang, and Kenneth A. Feder
This brief explores the positive effects of medication-assisted treatments on children and their caregivers and the cost savings for foster care agencies.
March 21, 2023
The U.S. Should Increase Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Among Incarcerated Individuals
Cody Nagle
This brief describes the use of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) as realistic and legally protected approaches to reducing overdoses upon exiting incarceration. It also calls for federal regulation and guidance on the use of MOUD in prisons, jails, and drug courts to ensure each person who needs treatment receives it.
January 31, 2023