@article{ref1,
title="Addiction-risk behaviours and suicide attempts in adolescents",
journal="Journal of Adolescence",
year="1998",
author="Garnefski, N. and de Wilde, E. J.",
volume="21",
number="2",
pages="135-142",
abstract="Data on single and multiple addiction-risk behaviours and suicidal behaviour were obtained from a large sample of Dutch secondary school students aged 16 to 19 years. Although the prevalence of hard drugs was the lowest of all addiction-risk behaviours, there was a markedly high report of suicidal behaviours in youngsters who used these drugs: one out of each five boys and one out of each three girls. The most &quot;suicidal&quot; combination of two addiction-risk behaviours reported by girls was that of sedatives and hard drugs: more than half of the girls who reported both these behaviours also reported a suicide attempt. In boys, 27% of those who reported sedatives and cigarettes also reported a suicide attempt. The number of addiction-risk behaviours reported by the adolescents showed an almost linear increasing relation with the percentage of suicide attempters. The results suggest that suicidal behaviour and addiction-risk behaviours both should be regarded as part of a complex interaction of multiple behavioural problems. Prevention programmes and intervention strategies should focus on multiple rather than single targets, and screening procedures to detect adolescents at-risk for suicidal behaviour should focus on patterns of multiple risk factors rather than on single behaviours.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0140-1971",
doi="10.1006/jado.1997.0137",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jado.1997.0137"
}