The Senior Citizen Opioid Epidemic

SOURCES:

Joseph Puglisi, Las Vegas.

National Institute on Drug Abuse: “Substance Use in Older Adults DrugFacts.”

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine: “Disparities by Sex and Race and Ethnicity in Death Rates Due to Opioid Overdose Among Adults 55 Years or Older, 1999 to 2019,” “Older adult opioid death rates on the rise.”

Gary Kennedy, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences on the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

Lewei Allison Lin, MD, assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Addiction Center.

National Institute on Drug Abuse Data: “Benzodiazepines and Opioids.”

Susan W. Lehmann, MD, director, Geriatric Psychiatry Day Hospital Program, John Hopkins, Baltimore.

CAMH: “Buprenorphine.”

McMaster University: “Problematic Opioid Use Among Older Adults: Epidemiology, Adverse Outcomes, and Treatment Considerations.”

MINT: “Understanding Motivational Interviewing.”