Titre : | Characteristics of cocaine-dependent patients who attempt suicide (2001) |
Titre traduit : | (Caractéristiques des cocaïnomanes suicidants) |
Auteurs : | A. ROY |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | American Journal of Psychiatry (Vol.158, n°8, August 2001) |
Article en page(s) : | 1215-1219 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology) |
Mots-clés : |
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.) |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Affiliation : |
Psychiatr. Serv. 116A, Dept Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Healthcare Syst., 385 Tremont Ave., E. Orange, NJ 07018 Etats-Unis. United States. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 102204 |
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