Engaging Law Enforcement Employees in Mental Health Help-Seeking: Examining the Utilization of Interactive Screening Program and Motivational Interviewing Techniques.

Aim: The Interactive Screening Program (ISP) is an anonymous screening and dialogue platform used in workplaces to encourage mental health help-seeking. This study examined utilization of ISP among law enforcement workplaces and assessed how motivational interviewing techniques were associated with various help-seeking outcomes.

Method: This retrospective study used secondary ISP screening and dialogue data collected from 2013 to 2019 at four law enforcement workplaces or unions (N = 691).

Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in Maryland (2018), by Industry and Occupation.

Objectives: Opioid-related overdose deaths (OROD) increase annually, yet little is known about workplace risk factors. This study assessed differences in OROD rates across industry and occupation in Maryland, in addition to demographic differences within industry and occupation.

Methods: The 2018 State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System was used to compare OROD between industries and occupations.

Higher perceived stress during admission is associated with shorter retention in short-term residential substance use disorder treatment.

Introduction: Over one million people in the U.S. received residential treatment for a substance use disorder (SUD) in 2020.

Decreases in Employer Referrals to First-Time Substance Use Treatment for Adults From 2004 to 2020.

Objective: The aim of the study is to examine trends of employer/employee assistance program referred admissions to outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in the United States.

Methods: The publicly available Treatment Episode Data Set was used. Full-time employed adults with no history of SUD treatment referred to outpatient treatment by an employer/employee assistance program from 2004 to 2020 were included ( N = 36,142).

Introduction to the Special Issue on "Financial Capability and Asset Building for Family Financial Wellbeing".

The papers in this issue emerged from a 2020 social work academic conference focused on financial capability and asset building (FCAB) research. This introduction provides an overview of the challenging financial and economic realities for U.S.

Poor Sleep Quality and Other Risk Factors for Unemployment Among Patients on Opioid Agonist Treatment.

Purpose: Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) face high rates of unemployment, putting them at higher risk of treatment nonadherence and poor outcomes, including overdose death. The objective of this study was to investigate sleep quality and its association with other biopsychosocial risk factors for unemployment in patients receiving opioid agonist treatment (OAT) for OUD.

Methods: Using a cross-sectional survey design, participants from 3 OAT programs for OUD completed questionnaires to measure sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI]); pain disability; catastrophic thinking; injustice experience; quality of life; and self-assessed disability.

Workplace Support for Employees in Recovery From Opioid Use: Stakeholder Perspectives.

The dual challenges of COVID-19 and the opioid epidemic have heightened the need of Maryland workplaces for accessible resources and supports. This paper describes efforts of the Workplace PROSPER (Partnering to Reduce Opioid Stigma and Support Employment in Recovery) project team to explore opioid-related state employment needs from Key Stakeholder perspectives. Discussion revealed significant overlap between the needs identified by stakeholders and pre-existing recovery friendly initiatives in other states.

A National Survey of Challenges Faced by Hospices During the Opioid Crisis: Estimates of Pain Medication Shortages, Missing Medications, and Opioids Left in the Home Post-Death.

Context: No national data exist on hospice medication shortages, the frequency that opioid medications go missing, and drug disposal practices.

Objectives: To provide national estimates for hospices on: drug shortages; frequency of missing medications; and opioids left in the home post-death.

Methods: A national survey of 600 randomly selected hospices stratified by state and profit status (data collection 2018).

Estimates of Medication Diversion in Hospice.

This study uses a random survey of US hospice agencies to estimate rates of confirmed and suspected cases of medication diversion away from patients in hospice and association of diversion rates with agency characteristics and state opioid death rates.

Feasibility of Brief Screening for At-Risk Gambling in Consumer Credit Counseling.

Gambling disorder and problem gambling often lead to major suffering in the form of mental health problems, interpersonal conflict, and financial crises. One potential setting for detecting at-risk gambling is credit counseling as gambling problems may manifest themselves in the form of financial distress and bankruptcy. Research studies have not considered those seeking credit counseling as individuals at risk for gambling problems even though gambling may contribute to financial distress.

Predicting the impact of chronic health conditions on workplace productivity and accidents: results from two US Department of Energy national laboratories.

Objective: Examine associations of chronic health conditions on workplace productivity and accidents among US Department of Energy employees.

Methods: The Health and Work Performance Questionnaire-Select was administered to a random sample of two Department of Energy national laboratory employees (46% response rate; N = 1854).

Results: The majority (87.

Coping with grief responses among African American family members of homicide victims.

Research relevant to coping with grief for African American family members of homicide victims is limited. This retrospective study was conducted to determine the effects of gender, length of time since death, the traumatic impact of experiencing the homicide of a loved one, and the use of coping strategies to current grief reactions of African American family members of homicide victims (N = 44). Multiple regression analysis results suggest that gender and level of traumatic stress, related to posttraumatic stress symptomatology, predict current symptoms of grief.