• Author: Victoria E. Ameral
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Sex and race-ethnicity influences on opioid overdose deaths among Veterans diagnosed with opioid use disorder between 2016 and 2021

Abstract: Objective: Given increases in opioid overdose rates, and policy changes expanding access to medications for OUD, during the COVID-19 pandemic, we sought to understand how …

Sex differences in suicide, lethal means, and years of potential life lost among Veterans with substance use disorder

Abstract: Background: Veterans with substance use disorders (SUDs) are at elevated risk of dying by suicide. We examined sex and age differences in rates and means of suicide death …