Are adolescents with mental health conditions more likely to receive opioids?

(JAMA Network) Adolescents with a wide range of preexisting mental health conditions and treatments were more likely to progress from an initial opioid prescription to long-term opioid therapy than adolescents without those conditions, although long-term opioid therapy was uncommon overall.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2panIft