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Autor/in | Roy, Alec |
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Titel | Risk Factors for Attempting Suicide in Heroin Addicts |
Quelle | In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 40 (2010) 4, S.416-420 (5 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0363-0234 |
DOI | 10.1521/suli.2010.40.4.416 |
Schlagwörter | Cocaine; Suicide; At Risk Persons; Questionnaires; Patients; Drug Addiction; Comparative Analysis; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Child Abuse; Drug Therapy; Family Influence; Aggression; Alcohol Abuse; Alcoholism; Drug Abuse; Predictor Variables |
Abstract | In order to examine risk factors for attempting suicide in heroin dependent patients, a group of 527 abstinent opiate dependent patients had a psychiatric interview and completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Patients who had or had never attempted suicide were compared on putative suicide risk factors. It was found that 207 of the 527 heroin abusers (39.3%) had attempted suicide. Attempters were younger; more were female, reported childhood trauma, a family history of suicidal behavior, a history of aggression, treatment with antidepressant medication, and alcohol and cocaine dependence. Logistic regression revealed that a family history of suicidal behavior, alcohol dependence, cocaine dependence, and treatment with antidepressant medication were significant predictors of attempting suicide. These results suggest that attempting suicide is common among opiate dependent patients and that both distal and proximal risk factors may play a role. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |