@article{ref1,
title="Is drug use related to the choice of potentially more harmful methods in suicide attempts?",
journal="Substance abuse: research and treatment",
year="2014",
author="da Silveira, Dartiu Xavier and Fidalgo, Thiago Marques and Di Pietro, Monica and Santos, Jair Guilherme and Oliveira, Leonardo Q.",
volume="8",
number="",
pages="41-43",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To identify whether drug abuse is a risk factor for potentially more harmful methods of suicide attempts that could predict suicide completion in the future. <br><br>METHODS: The study involved the assessment of 86 patients who attempted suicide and who were admitted to the emergency ward of a Southwestern Brazilian general hospital. <br><br>RESULTS: Most patients were women (84.9%), young adults (30.53 ± 10.4 years), and single (61.6%). Recent drug use was reported by 53.5%, and 25.6% reported the use of drugs during the 24-hour period immediately before the suicide attempt. Most patients (75.6%) ingested pills when attempting suicide-a method considered potentially less harmful. Hanging, jumping, gas inhaling, and wrist cutting accounted for 22.2% of the attempts. Considering dual diagnoses, 54.7% presented with a depressive disorder, 8.1% with a disorder on the impulse control spectrum, and 26.7% reported an associated clinical condition. Recent drug use was predictive of the severity of the suicide attempt, as it was reported by 81% of those who engaged in more harmful attempts and by 46.2% of those who used less harmful methods (P < 0.01; odds ratio = 4.96; confidence interval: 1.5-16.4). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The identified variables associated with the use of potentially more harmful methods in suicide attempts were gender (male), presence of an impulsive control disorder, and recent use of psychoactive drugs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1178-2218",
doi="10.4137/SART.S13851",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/SART.S13851"
}