@article{ref1,
title="Alcohol and drugs in suicides",
journal="British journal of psychiatry",
year="1996",
author="Ohberg, A. and Vuori, Erkki and Ojanpera, I. and Lonngvist, J.",
volume="169",
number="1",
pages="75-80",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Alcohol and drugs use were assessed in a nationwide one year suicide study in Finland. METHOD: Alcohol and drugs use were analysed in 1348 suicides, 96.5% of all suicides in the study year. Relative suicide risks for drugs were defined by relating the number of suicides committed by use of various drugs to drug availability. RESULTS: Alcohol was detected twice as often in men as in women; the opposite was the case with drugs. The drugs most commonly used for suicide were neuroleptics and antidepressants, which were, in 74.3% and 77.4% of the cases, respectively, the victims own prescribed drugs. Antidepressants were found in 19.0% of women and only 4.8% of men. Relative suicide risk for antidepressants varied substantially between different compounds. CONCLUSIONS: Undertreatment of depression is a challenge for suicide prevention. Those who commit suicide by antidepressants use their own drugs. Relative suicide risk for a drug should be considered when choosing treatment for depressive patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1250",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}