Citation

Schneider B, Georgi K, Weber B, Schnabel A, Ackermann H, Wetterling T. Psychiatr. Danub. 2006; 18(Suppl 1): 63.

Affiliation

Centre of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Strasse 10, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany. (B.Schneider@em.uni-frankfurt.de)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Facultas Universitatis Studiorum Zagrabiensis - Danube Symposion of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16963957

Abstract

Objective: To assess the contribution of sociodemographic and psychopathologic predictors for suicide in alcohol-related disorders and in substance-related disorders in general and to examine if the constellation of predictors of suicide risk in alcohol-related disorders is different from that of substance-related disorders in general. Methods: Out of 163 suicides (using psychological autopsy method) and 396 population-based control persons, the 67 suicides and the 67 controls with substance-related disorders (DSM-IV; alcohol-related disorders: suicides: n = 36, controls: n = 27) were assessed. Psychiatric disorders were evaluated by a semi-structured interview including the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I (SCID-I) and Personality Disorders (SCID-II). Results: Affective disorders, suffering from substance dependence, and low education independently predicted increased suicide risk in alcohol-related disorders as well as in substance-related disorders in general, severe nicotine consumption only in alcohol-related disorders. Conclusions: There are common risk factors for suicide in alcoholism and substance-related disorders in general. Effective suicide prevention strategies must include a focus on substance dependence as well as on affective disorders.

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