Loneliness and fearfulness are associated with non-fatal drug overdose among people who inject drugs.

<h4>Background</h4>People who inject drugs (PWID) experience high rates of drug overdose death with the risk of mortality increasing after each non-fatal event. Racial differences exist in drug overdose rates, with higher rates among Black people who use drugs. Psychological factors may...

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Main Authors: Oluwaseun Falade-Nwulia, Kathleen Ward, Karla D Wagner, Hamidreza Karimi-Sari, Jeffrey Hsu, Mark Sulkowski, Carl Latkin, Evaristus Nwulia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0297209&type=printable