TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Heroin addicts reporting previous heroin overdoses also report suicide attempts
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Bradvik, Louise
A1  - Frank, Andrew
A1  - Hulenvik, Per
A1  - Medvedeo, Alvaro
A1  - Berglund, Mats
SP  - 475
EP  - 481
VL  - 37
IS  - 4
N2  - Nonfatal heroin overdoses and suicide attempts are both common among heroin addicts, but there is limited knowledge about the association between them. The sample in the present study consisted of 149 regular heroin users in Malmö, Sweden. Out of these 98 had taken an unintentional heroin overdose at some time and 51 had made at least one attempt to commit suicide (but not using heroin). Suicide attempts were significantly more common among those who had taken unintentional overdoses as compared with those who had never taken any overdose (p < 0.01). The more overdoses, the greater the risk of suicide attempt.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2007.37.4.475
ID  - ref1
ER  -