Citation

Holma KM, Holma I, Ketokivi M, Oquendo MA, Isometsä E. Arch. Suicide Res. 2018; ePub(ePub): 1-15.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry , University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital , Helsinki , Finland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811118.2018.1480986

PMID

29883280

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Smoking frequently associates with suicidal behavior, but also with confounding other risk factors. We investigated, whether smoking independently predicts suicidal ideation, attempts (SAs), or modifies risk of SAs during major depressive episodes (MDEs).

METHODS: In the Vantaa Depression Study (VDS), a five-year prospective study of psychiatric patients (N = 269) with major depressive disorder (MDD), we investigated the association of suicidal ideation and smoking, and smoking as an independent risk factor for SAs in two-level analyses of risk during MDEs.

RESULTS: Smoking was not significantly associated with suicidal ideation, nor SAs after controlling for confounding factors, and no evidence of a significant effect during MDEs was found.

CONCLUSION: Smoking was neither significantly associated with suicidal ideation, nor predicted suicide attempts.

Language: en

Keywords

major depressive disorder; smoking; suicide attempts