Vårdens insatser för »osynliga« med opioidproblem måste bli bättre
Johnson, Björn LU
; Andersson, Lisa
and Khoshnood, Ardavan M.
LU
(2025)
In Läkartidningen
- Abstract
- Despite the fact that the majority of those who die from opioid overdoses have been in contact with healthcare, social services, or the justice system, a new analysis shows that a large group – nearly half – lacks significant care connections related to their drug problems. To strengthen preventive efforts against overdoses, a change in care is needed, where low-threshold interventions are complemented with broader screening and less stigmatizing forms of care to reach this hard-to-reach group.
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Trots att majoriteten av dem som dör av opioidöverdoser haft kontakt med sjukvård, socialtjänst eller kriminalvård, visar en ny analys att en stor grupp – nästan hälften – saknar betydande vårdkontakter kopplade till sina drogproblem. För att stärka det förebyggande arbetet mot överdoser behövs en förändring i vården, där lågtröskelinsatser kompletteras med bredare screening och mindre stigmatiserande vårdformer för att nå denna svåråtkomliga grupp.
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- author
- Johnson, Björn
LU
; Andersson, Lisa
and Khoshnood, Ardavan M.
LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Healthcare efforts for the "invisible" with opioid problems must improve.
- publishing date
- 2025-01-10
- type
- Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Overdose, Overdose Deaths, opiate, Health Care
- categories
- Popular Science
- in
- Läkartidningen
- publisher
- Swedish Medical Association
- ISSN
- 0023-7205
- language
- Swedish
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- a4475166-9654-429a-963a-4c5429cfbbac
- alternative location
- https://lakartidningen.se/opinion/debatt/2025/01/vardens-insatser-for-osynliga-med-opioidproblem-maste-bli-battre/
- date added to LUP
- 2025-01-13 12:28:18
- date last changed
- 2025-01-14 08:49:35
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