Deciphering Suicide and Other Manners of Death Associated with Drug Intoxication

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Consultation Meeting Summary

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ID11031129
AutoresDeborah M Stone (Deborah M. Stone, Kristin M. Holland, Brad Bartholow, Joseph E. Logan, Wendy LiKamWa McIntosh, and Aimee Trudeau are with the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Ian R. H. Rockett is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and the Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown.), Kristin M Holland (0000-0002-8371-103X, Deborah M. Stone, Kristin M. Holland, Brad Bartholow, Joseph E. Logan, Wendy LiKamWa McIntosh, and Aimee Trudeau are with the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Ian R. H. Rockett is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and the Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown.), Brad Bartholow (Deborah M. Stone, Kristin M. Holland, Brad Bartholow, Joseph E. Logan, Wendy LiKamWa McIntosh, and Aimee Trudeau are with the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Ian R. H. Rockett is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and the Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown.), Joseph E Logan (Deborah M. Stone, Kristin M. Holland, Brad Bartholow, Joseph E. Logan, Wendy LiKamWa McIntosh, and Aimee Trudeau are with the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Ian R. H. Rockett is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and the Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown.), Wendy LiKamWa McIntosh (Deborah M. Stone, Kristin M. Holland, Brad Bartholow, Joseph E. Logan, Wendy LiKamWa McIntosh, and Aimee Trudeau are with the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Ian R. H. Rockett is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and the Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown.), Aimée Trudeau (Deborah M. Stone, Kristin M. Holland, Brad Bartholow, Joseph E. Logan, Wendy LiKamWa McIntosh, and Aimee Trudeau are with the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Ian R. H. Rockett is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and the Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown.), Ian R H Rockett (0000-0002-4584-9337, Deborah M. Stone, Kristin M. Holland, Brad Bartholow, Joseph E. Logan, Wendy LiKamWa McIntosh, and Aimee Trudeau are with the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Ian R. H. Rockett is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and the Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown.)
Año2017
Volumen107
Número8
Páginas1233-1239
Fecha de publicación2017-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2017.303863
PMID28640689
OpenAlexW2648714778
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas29

Manner of death (MOD) classification (i.e., natural, accident, suicide, homicide, or undetermined cause) affects mortality surveillance and public health research, policy, and practice. Determination of MOD in deaths caused by drug intoxication is challenging, with marked variability across states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted a multidisciplinary meeting to discuss drug intoxication deaths as they relate to suicide and other MOD. The meeting objectives were to identify individual-level, system-level, and place-based factors affecting MOD classification and identify potential solutions to classification barriers. Suggested strategies included improved standardization in death scene investigation, toxicology, and autopsy practice; greater accountability; and creation of job aids for investigators. Continued collaboration and coordination of activities are needed among stakeholders to affect prevention efforts

Accountability · Cause of death · Disease · Disease control · Drug control · Environmental health · Family medicine · Homicide · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Multidisciplinary approach · Occupational safety and health · Pathology · Poison control · Public health · Suicide prevention · Medicine · Neuroscience of respiration and sleep · Pharmacology · Poisoning and overdose treatments · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies