@article{ref1,
title="Use of prescription medication by individuals who died by suicide in Northern Ireland",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2018",
author="Benson, Tony and Corry, Colette and O'Neill, Siobhan and Murphy, Sam and Bunting, Brendan",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="139-152",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To understand medication use prior to suicide in relation to patterns, polypharmacy and adherence. <br><br>METHODS: 1,371 suicide cases were coded and latent class analysis used to identify combinations of medications prescribed prior to death. <br><br>RESULTS: Two thirds had been prescribed medication with 30.7% prescribed three or more. Latent class analysis revealed three classes: Mixed medication use, primarily mental medication use, and baseline/low medication use. There are potentially high rates of medication non-adherence. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Both medication use but also non-adherence rates were high in this sample of individuals who died by suicide. Potential implications and areas for future research are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811118.2017.1289870",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2017.1289870"
}