@article{ref1,
title="Suicide and alcoholism. Distinguishing alcoholic patients with and without comorbid drug abuse",
journal="American journal on addictions",
year="1997",
author="Porsteinsson, A. and Duberstein, P. R. and Conwell, Yeates and Cox, C. and Forbes, N. and Caine, Eric D.",
volume="6",
number="4",
pages="304-310",
abstract="Psychological autopsy data were used to test the hypothesis that alcoholic patients with comorbid drug use disorders who committed suicide (A + D; n = 26) are distinguishable from alcoholic suicide victims without a comorbid drug use disorder (A; n = 35). Dependent variables included demographics, suicidal behavior; psychiatric symptoms, and medical illness burden. The A group were older, white, and tended to be living alone. Analyses that controlled for age and sex indicated that As were more likely to have had a comorbid major depression and less likely to tell someone they were contemplating suicide. Scores on a measure of illness burden increased with age among the A group but not the A + D group, though the latter were more likely to be under a physician's care with increasing age. These differences should be considered when designing preventive measures.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1055-0496",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}