TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Characteristics of opiate dependent patients who attempt suicide
JO  - Primary care companion to the journal of clinical psychiatry
A1  - Roy, A.
SP  - e85
EP  - e85
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics of opiate dependent patients who attempt suicide. <br><br>METHOD: Opiate dependent patients (DSM-IV criteria) who had (N = 105) or had not (N = 141) attempted suicide were compared for family history of suicide, childhood trauma, personality traits, and experience of comorbidity with cocaine and/or alcohol dependence, major depressive disorder, and physical disorder. <br><br>RESULTS: Significantly more opiate dependent patients who had attempted suicide were female (p<.0001) and unemployed (p<.0006). Patients who had attempted suicide reported significantly more family history of suicide and more childhood trauma; scored significantly higher for introversion, hostility, and neuroticism; and had experienced significantly more comorbidity with lifetime cocaine and alcohol dependence, major depressive disorder, and current physical disorder (p <.05 for all). <br><br>CONCLUSION: icidal behavior in opiate dependent patients may involve risk factors from the family, childhood, personality, psychiatric, and physical domains.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1523-5998
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -