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Children’s Experiences of Parental Deaths Due to Suicide, Homicide, Overdose, Alcohol, or Drug Use

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.31231

September 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cohort study investigates parental mortality rates in Michigan, which are above the national average, to consider trends and county-level variability in children who experience parental deaths due to suicide, homicide, overdose, alcohol, or drug use.

Corresponding Author: Luisa Kcomt, PhD, School of Social Work, Wayne State University, 5447 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202 (kcomt@wayne.edu).

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