TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Mental disease in a forensic autopsy population of alcoholics
JO  - Science and justice
A1  - Thomsen, J. L.
SP  - 89
EP  - 92
VL  - 36
IS  - 2
N2  - A retrospective examination of fatalities was carried out during a five-year period among alcoholics in Copenhagen who had undergone forensic examination. The frequency of mental disease was compared with that among a non-alcoholic control group. In an examination of 2298 deaths, it was found that alcoholics had a higher frequency of unipolar affective disorder and of general "nervousness'. Previous suicide attempts were more frequent in alcoholics, and both alcoholics and controls had a higher frequency of previous suicide attempts among the depressed and those who later committed suicide than among those who did not.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1355-0306
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1355-0306(96)72571-6
ID  - ref1
ER  -