
%0 Journal Article
%T Heroin‐dependent patients attempting and not attempting suicide: a comparison
%J Acta neuropsychiatrica
%D 2007
%A Kalyoncu, Ayhan
%A Mirsal, Hasan
%A Pektaş, Özkan
%A Tan, Devran
%A Beyazyürek, Mansur
%V 19
%N 5
%P 297-303
%X Objective:  Heroin dependence is a serious illness associated with an increased risk of suicidal behaviour. There are many risk factors associated with heroin dependence. The current study examined the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of a number of young adult heroin-dependent patients who had attempted suicide.<p />
%G 
%I Cambridge University Press
%@ 0924-2708
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-5215.2007.00192.x