Browsing by Subject "Deaths"

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    The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Behavioral Health in Indiana
    (The Center for Health Policy, 2021-06-01) Kooreman, Harold; Gutta, Jyotsna; Bandali, Elhaam; Greene, Marion S.
    As of January 2021, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center has confirmed more than 20 million SARS-CoV-2 cases and over 350,000 deaths in the United States alone and 100 million cases and more than 2 million deaths globally. As of December 31, 2020, over half a million Hoosiers had tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 8,000 had died as a result of complications from the disease. This report is a review on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had (and has) on the mental and behavioral health of Hoosiers. Specifically, we reviewed pandemic-related stress on children, parents, and the elderly; substance use, misuse, and overdose deaths; mental health concerns; suicide; domestic violence; and child abuse and neglect. The current report is a summary of findings. It provides a snapshot in time. Data and conclusions were relevant and timely at the time the report was produced.
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    Opioid Overdoses in Indiana: A Closer Look at Opioid Type
    (The Center for Health Policy, 2018-06-01) Kooreman, Harold
    The misuse of prescription and illicit opioids remains at epidemic proportions, costing the United States billions of dollars annually. Overdose deaths in both the U.S. and Indiana have seen a dramatic increase over the past ten years. Until recently, prescription opioids were responsible for the greatest number of overdose deaths, but now have been surpassed by fatalities involving heroin and illicitly manufactured narcotics, primarily fentanyl.