@article{ref1,
title="Psychiatric comorbidities in patients with intentional methanol intoxication",
journal="Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment",
year="2019",
author="Yang, Wei-Sheng and Yen, Tzung-Hai and Juang, Yeong-Yuh and Lee, Shwu-Hua and Wang, Bi-Hwa and Lee, Chin-Pang",
volume="15",
number="",
pages="397-402",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Intentional methanol intoxication (IMI) is an emerging public health issue in Asian countries, but few data are available in the literature on underlying psychiatric comorbidities in these suicide attempters. <br><br>PATIENTS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective chart review on patients with methanol intoxication (MI) treated at Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan during 2000-2016. Of the 56 cases of documented MI, 16 were IMI. Baseline demographic, clinical, laboratory, psychiatric diagnoses, and mortality data were collected and analyzed. <br><br>RESULTS: Patient group with IMI had more females (62.5% vs 7.5%, <i>P</i>=0.000), less alcohol consumption (33.3% vs 92.5%, <i>P</i>=0.000), and less smoking (40.0% vs 79.5%, <i>P</i>=0.009), but higher past psychiatric disease (73.3% vs 10.0%, <i>P</i>=0.000) and past suicide attempts (81.1% vs 2.5%, <i>P</i>=0.000) than patient group with unintentional MI (UMI). Pesticides (50.0%) comprised the most common source used for suicide, followed by industrial methanol (37.5%). There was no significant difference in mortality rates between these two group (25.0% vs 22.5%, <i>P</i>=0.548). Twelve (75.0%) survivors of IMI were referred to a psychiatric consultation-liaison team, and depressive disorder (58.3%) and adjustment disorder (25.0%) were common. <br><br>CONCLUSION: There is a female predominance and a high prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities, namely depression and adjustment disorder in patients with IMI. Besides, alcohol consumption is a prevalent but not adequately treated condition in UMI group.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1176-6328",
doi="10.2147/NDT.S192943",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S192943"
}