Citation

Schneider B, Georgi K, Weber B, Schnabel A, Ackermann H, Wetterling T. Psychiatr. Prax. 2006; 33(2): 81-87.

Vernacular Title

Risikofaktoren fur Suizid bei Storungen im Zusammenhang mit psychotropen

Affiliation

Zentrum der Psychiatrie, Klinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie. B.Schneider@em.uni-frankfurt.de.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-2005-866858

PMID

16502386

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the contribution of sociodemographic and psychopathologic predictors for suicide in alcohol-related disorders and in substance-related disorders in general and to examine the constellations of risk factors for suicide. METHODS: Out of 163 suicides (using psychological autopsy method) and 396 population-based control persons, 67 suicides and 67 controls with substance-related disorders (DSM-IV; alcohol-related disorders: suicides: n = 36, controls: n = 27) were assessed. RESULTS: Affective disorders, suffering from substance dependence, and low education independently predicted increased suicide risk in alcohol-related disorders as well as in substance-related disorders in general, severe nicotine consumption only in alcohol-related disorders. CONCLUSIONS: There are common risk factors for suicide in alcoholism and substance-related disorders in general. Effective suicide prevention strategies must include a focus on substance dependence as well as on affective disorders.