title: Heroin addicts reporting previous heroin overdoses also report suicide attempts.
abstract: Nonfatal heroin overdoses and suicide attempts are both common among heroin addicts, but there is limited knowledge about the association between them. The sample in the present study consisted of 149 regular heroin users in Malmö, Sweden. Out of these 98 had taken an unintentional heroin overdose at some time and 51 had made at least one attempt to commit suicide (but not using heroin). Suicide attempts were significantly more common among those who had taken unintentional overdoses as compared with those who had never taken any overdose (p < 0.01). The more overdoses, the greater the risk of suicide attempt.
authors: Department of Clinical Medicine, Division of Psychiatry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
authors: Louise
authors: L
authors: Brådvik
authors: Arne
authors: A
authors: Frank
authors: Per
authors: P
authors: Hulenvik
authors: Alvaro
authors: A
authors: Medvedeo
authors: Mats
authors: M
authors: Berglund
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D003932:Heroin / Q000506:poisoning*; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018671:Needle-Exchange Programs; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D003932:Heroin