Historique
Périodique
Suicide among heroin users: rates, risk factors and methods
(Suicide chez les consommateurs d'héroïne : taux, facteurs de risques et méthodes)
Année
2002
Page(s) :
1383-1394
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
108
Domaine :
Drogues illicites
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
HEROINE
;
USAGER
;
SUICIDE
;
TENTATIVE DE SUICIDE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
DEPRESSION
Note générale :
Addiction, 2002, 97, (11), 1383-1394
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
L'article examine à travers la littérature, les taux de suicide, les facteurs de risque qui se détachent, et les méthodes employées par les héroïnomanes pour mettre fin à leurs jours et compare ces données avec celles de la population générale.
ENGLISH :
The current paper examines critically the literature on suicide rates, suicide risk factors and methods employed for suicide among heroin users, and compares these to those of the general population. Heroin users have a death rate 13 times that of their peers, and deaths among heroin users attributed to suicide range from 3-35%. Overall, heroin users are 14 times more likely than peers to die from suicide. The prevalence of attempted suicide is also many orders of magnitude greater than that of community samples. The major general population risk factors for suicide also apply to heroin users (gender, psychopathology, family dysfunction and social isolation). Heroin users, however, have extremely wide exposure to these factors.They also carry additional risks specifically associated with heroin and other drug use. Drugs as a method of suicide play a larger role in suicide among heroin users than in the general population. Heroin, however, appears to play a relatively small role in suicide among this group. Overall, suicide is a major clinical issue among heroin users. It is concluded that suicide is a major problem that treatment agencies face, and which requires targeted intervention if the rates of suicide among this group are to decline. (Author' s abstract)
L'article examine à travers la littérature, les taux de suicide, les facteurs de risque qui se détachent, et les méthodes employées par les héroïnomanes pour mettre fin à leurs jours et compare ces données avec celles de la population générale.
ENGLISH :
The current paper examines critically the literature on suicide rates, suicide risk factors and methods employed for suicide among heroin users, and compares these to those of the general population. Heroin users have a death rate 13 times that of their peers, and deaths among heroin users attributed to suicide range from 3-35%. Overall, heroin users are 14 times more likely than peers to die from suicide. The prevalence of attempted suicide is also many orders of magnitude greater than that of community samples. The major general population risk factors for suicide also apply to heroin users (gender, psychopathology, family dysfunction and social isolation). Heroin users, however, have extremely wide exposure to these factors.They also carry additional risks specifically associated with heroin and other drug use. Drugs as a method of suicide play a larger role in suicide among heroin users than in the general population. Heroin, however, appears to play a relatively small role in suicide among this group. Overall, suicide is a major clinical issue among heroin users. It is concluded that suicide is a major problem that treatment agencies face, and which requires targeted intervention if the rates of suicide among this group are to decline. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Nat. Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Univ. of New South Wales
Australie. Australia.
Australie. Australia.