title: [Risk factors for suicide in substance-related disorders].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the contribution of sociodemographic and psychopathologic predictors for suicide in alcohol-related disorders and in substance-related disorders in general and to examine the constellations of risk factors for suicide.
  
  
  METHODS
  Out of 163 suicides (using psychological autopsy method) and 396 population-based control persons, 67 suicides and 67 controls with substance-related disorders (DSM-IV; alcohol-related disorders: suicides: n = 36, controls: n = 27) were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Affective disorders, suffering from substance dependence, and low education independently predicted increased suicide risk in alcohol-related disorders as well as in substance-related disorders in general, severe nicotine consumption only in alcohol-related disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are common risk factors for suicide in alcoholism and substance-related disorders in general. Effective suicide prevention strategies must include a focus on substance dependence as well as on affective disorders.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum der Psychiatrie, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie. B.Schneider@em.uni-frankfurt.de
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Georgi
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schnabel
authors.forename: Hanns
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ackermann
authors.forename: Tilman
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wetterling
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000401:mortality* / Q000523:psychology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002423:Cause of Death; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011599:Psychopathology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000401:mortality* / Q000523:psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs