Citation

Clerici M, Carta I, Cazzullo CL. Psychol. Med. (Paris) 1994; 26(1): 33-36.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, S. P. E. I. éditeur)

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Abstract

Fragility and instability in the personality of drug-addicts induced the authors of this study to investigate the quantity and the quality of the attempted suicides in heroin-addicts applying to different relevant centers (2162 adult and minor subjects). The act of carrying-out suicide seems to materialize when the used substance does not seem to be sufficient to grant the identity and the personal and social image in a position to 'protect' the subject against heavy conflicts with the outer world in the emotion area. The prominent use of a medecine instead of the drug in the attempted suicide among drug-addicts seems to point out the importance of giving particular attention to psychopharmacological treatments when therapeutic interventions are required with such a kind of subjects.

Language: fr

Keywords

adolescent; human; female; male; attempted suicide; adolescence; suicide attempt; crisis intervention; article; major clinical study; drug dependence; diamorphine; drug addiction; execution modalities