@article{ref1,
title="Medication and suicidal ideation in emergency department patients",
journal="Psychiatria Danubina",
year="2006",
author="Larkin, G.",
volume="18",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="44-44",
abstract="Objectives: To measure the association between medication use and suicidal ideation (SI) we enrolled a multiethnic cohort of non-psychiatric emergency department patients using a bilingual, computerized, confidential, mental health screen. Uni- and multivariate comparisons were made with chi-square and logistic regression to assess differences of proportion between ideators and non-ideators. Results: The sample of 1,590 patients was representative of the overall ED population, with 29% white, 39% African American, and 32% Hispanic ethnicity. Suicidal ideation (SI) was present in 184 (11.6%) but did not differ by age, gender, insurance status, marital status, employment status or presenting complaint, however, SI was significantly higher among non-Hispanic blacks than non-blacks (14.2% v. 9.9%; p&lt;0.01), those with exposure to a significantly traumatic life events (21.1% vs. 6.0%; p&lt; 0.001), those at risk of binge drinking, (15.4% vs. 10.0%; p&lt;0.01), and those on the following medications: antipsychotics (26.9% SI), analgesics (19.4% SI), and anti-lipid agents (17.1% SI). Antidepressants were associated with SI in only 10.7%. Conclusion: The use of medications other than antidepressants was significantly associated with suicidal ideation in this multiethnic cohort of non-psychiatric ED patients.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0353-5053",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}