Suicide attempts and alcoholism.

Hesselbrock, Michie N.; Hesselbrock, Victor; Syzmanski, Karen; Weidenman, Meredith

doi:10.15288/jsa.1988.49.436

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“…The present study replicates the findings of previous studies of alcoholics entering treatment (Hesselbrock et al 1988;Roy et al 1990). Similar to Berglund's study (1984) of suicidal alcoholics, we also found that a higher proportion of attempters than non-attempters had a history of peptic ulcer.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…However, the most striking finding was a much higher rate of attempted suicide among alcoholics than reported in previous studies (17% to 29.2%, Hesselbrock et al 1988;Roy et al 1990). A number of factors may have operated to account for this.…”

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confidence: 59%

“…Previous research suggested that, compared with non-attempters, the alcoholic suicide at tempters were younger, began to drink earlier, were excessive, problem and more severely dependent drinkers, reported increased family histories of alcoholism and affective disorder and more often had additional lifetime psychiatric diagnoses (Black et al 1986;Hesselbrock et al 1988: Roy et al 1990.…”

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Clinical features of alcoholic suicide attempters/ non-attempters

Agarwal¹,

Gaskell

1996

Psychiatr. bull.

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A cross-sectional study of 74 consecutive alcoholic patients admitted to a subregional alcohol treatment unit examines the socio-demographic and clinical differences between those who had/had not attempted suicide, and investigates their relationships to current suicidal ideation. Thesuicide attempters were significantly younger, separated and unemployed. They began regular drinking earlier, were more severely dependent and had a higher proportion of major depression, antisocial personality disorder and another drug abuse. The results suggest a high incidence of suicidal behaviour in alcoholics and high psychiatric comorbidity in alcoholics who attempt suicide.

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Clinical features of alcoholic suicide attempters/ non-attempters

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Gaskell

1996

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“…For instance, alcohol dependence itself and recent negative life events are related to suicidal behaivor. Both may lead to depressive conditions and potentially influence the statistical relation- ship between the histories of suicide attempts and depression in this sample of alcoholics (Hesselbrock et al 1988, Kingree et al 1999, Lester 1992, Romelsjö 1995, Schuckit et al 1997.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…A number of potential risk factors for suicide attempts in alcoholics have been identified in previous research including comorbidity with psychiatric disorders such as depression, antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), borderline personality disorder (BPD) and independent and substance-induced depressive conditions (Beautrais et al 1996, Bronisch 2000, Driessen et al 1998, Hesselbrock et al 1988, Preuss et al submitted, Schuckit, 1986, Schuckit et al 1997, Repro et al 1997). On the (neuro-)biological level, a number of variables including monoamine oxidase B soluble interleukin-2-receptor and cholesterol have been proposed as markers of suicidal risk but were found to be nonspecific and of low predictive value.…”

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