The synthetic opioid epidemic and the need for mental health support for first responders who intervene in overdose cases.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Emotional reactions of trained overdose responders who use opioids following intervention in an overdose event.Substance abuse · 2022
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2. Acceptability and usability of a respiratory biosensor for drug overdose detection and first responder notification: a qualitative evaluation of perspectives from people who use drugs and wider stakeholders.Harm reduction journal · 2026
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3. Building connection: overdose survivors' and professional service providers' perspectives on immediate post-overdose care.The International journal on drug policy · 2025
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4. Ensuring Optimal Mental Health Programs and Policies for First Responders: Opportunities and Challenges in One U.S. State.Community mental health journal · 2023
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5. Synthetic opioids: a review and clinical update.Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology · 2022
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6. Conceptualizing overdose trauma: The relationships between experiencing and witnessing overdoses with PTSD symptoms among street-recruited female sex workers in Baltimore, Maryland.The International journal on drug policy · 2021
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7. One opioid user saving another: the first study of an opioid overdose-reversal and naloxone distribution program addressing hard-to-reach drug scenes in Denmark.Harm reduction journal · 2019
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8. "You can see those concentric rings going out": Emergency personnel's experiences treating overdose and perspectives on policy-level responses to the opioid crisis in New Hampshire.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019
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9. Lessons learned from the opioid crisis across the pillars of the Canadian drugs and substances strategy.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2019
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10. Activism and scientific research: 20 years of community action by the Vancouver area network of drug users.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2018
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5 authors.

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