@article{ref1,
title="Risk factors for suicide in substance-related disorders: results of a controlled psychology autopsy study",
journal="Psychiatria Danubina",
year="2006",
author="Schneider, Birke and Georgi, Klaus and Weber, B. and Schnabel, Axel and Ackermann, Hanns and Wetterling, Tilman",
volume="18",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="63-63",
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 if the constellation of predictors of suicide risk in alcohol-related disorders is different from that of substance-related disorders in general. Methods: Out of 163 suicides (using psychological autopsy method) and 396 population-based control persons, the 67 suicides and the 67 controls with substance-related disorders (DSM-IV; alcohol-related disorders: suicides: n = 36, controls: n = 27) were assessed. Psychiatric disorders were evaluated by a semi-structured interview including the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I (SCID-I) and Personality Disorders (SCID-II). 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0353-5053",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}