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Article de Périodique
Characteristics of cocaine-dependent patients who attempt suicide (2001)
(Caractéristiques des cocaïnomanes suicidants)
Auteur(s) :
ROY, A.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
1215-1219
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
COCAINE
;
DEPENDANCE
;
TENTATIVE DE SUICIDE
;
PERSONNALITE
;
QUESTIONNAIRE
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
PSYCHOPATHOLOGIE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
Résumé :
OBJECTIVE: Although suicidal behavior is frequent among cocaine-dependent patients, it has been little studied. Therefore the author examined the characteristics of cocaine-dependent patients who had attempted suicide. METHOD: Cocaine-dependent patients who had attempted suicide (N=84) were compared with cocaine-dependent patients who had never attempted suicide (N=130) on clinical, personality, psychiatric, and physical variables. RESULTS: Significantly more of the patients who had attempted suicide were female and had a family history of suicidal behavior; they reported significantly more childhood trauma and were significantly more introverted, neurotic, and hostile. They had also had significantly more comorbidity with alcohol and/or opiate dependence, major depression, and physical disorders. CONCLUSIONS: The clinical implications are that family, childhood, personality, psychiatric, and physical risk factors contribute to suicidal behavior in cocaine-dependent patients. Comorbidity appears to be an important determinant of suicidal behavior. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Psychiatr. Serv. 116A, Dept Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Healthcare Syst., 385 Tremont Ave., E. Orange, NJ 07018
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.