@article{ref1,
title="High suicide risk after the development of cognitive and working memory deficits caused by cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy use",
journal="Substance abuse",
year="2007",
author="Pompili, Maurizio and Lester, David and Girardi, Paolo and Tatarelli, Roberto",
volume="28",
number="1",
pages="25-30",
abstract="We report the case of attempted suicide by a 30-year-old man who had significant cognitive deficits that developed after at least three years of polysubstance use with cannabis, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, &quot;ecstasy&quot;) and cocaine. The patient reported increasing difficulties in his professional and interpersonal life which may have been associated with his cognitive dysfunction caused by his poly-drug use. In this setting, the patient complained of increasing symptoms of depression, including feelings of hopelessness and helplessness, and multi somatic complaints (based on DSM-IV criteria). These depressive symptoms led to the development of active suicidal ideation and ultimately to a suicide attempt. We propose that the patient's cognitive deficits resulted directly from his polysubstance use and contributed to his depression, suicide attempt and current serious suicidal ideation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0889-7077",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}