Citation

Ziółkowski M, Czarnecki D, Chodkiewicz J, Gąsior K, Juczyński A, Biedrzycka A, Gruszczyńska E, Nowakowska-Domagała K. Psychiatry Res. 2017; 258: 501-505.

Affiliation

Department of Cognitive Science, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland. Electronic address: katarzyna.nowakowskadomagala@uni.lodz.pl.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2017.08.089

PMID

28893411

Abstract

Greater knowledge is needed of potential predictive factors for suicide in cases of alcohol addiction. Therefore, the aim of the study was to identify the socio-demographic variables and clinical factors associated with alcohol dependence which may have an influence on the occurrence of suicidal thoughts in alcohol-dependent patients. A group of 510 patients (396 male and 114 female) diagnosed with alcohol dependence syndrome were interviewed during the third week of therapy according to the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS) and the Short Alcohol Dependence Data Questionnaire (SADD). Socio-demographic data was also collected. The results of a binary logistic regression with suicidal thoughts as a dependent variable show that 63 out of the 510 participants (12% of the sample) reported the presence of suicidal thoughts. Alcohol dependence and alcohol craving appear to increase the likelihood of suicidal thoughts, and participants presenting psychiatric disorders were twice as likely to demonstrate suicidal ideation as those who did not. Alcohol dependence, alcohol craving and psychiatric comorbidity may be regarded as risk factors for suicidal ideation in the studied sample, with the only protective factor being living in a relationship.

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Language: en

Keywords

Alcohol dependence; Socio-demographic and clinical variables; Suicidal thoughts