title: Drug Addiction as Risk for Suicide Attempts.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Suicide is closely linked to the substances use. Therefore it is very important to confirm the factors that affect the possibility of suicidal behavior.
  
  
  METHODS
  The survey included 200 respondents; 100 heroin addicts on the substitution program that attempted suicide and 100 opiate addicts who have not attempted suicide. The evaluation included a questionnaire with socio-demographic, hereditary and addiction data, legal problems and then the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-MMPI-2.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed a statistically significant difference compared to the personality structure, especially pronounced in hypersensitive structures, in relation to the duration of addictive experience and duration of heroin by intravenous route, as well as in relation to the presence of psychotic disorders, drug abuse and suicidal behavior in the family.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As risk factors among opiate addicts are indentified interfered biological and psychological factors and the effects of the substances themselves.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Psychiatry, Clinical Centre of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dragisic
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Psychiatry, Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dickov
authors.affiliation: Institute for the health protection of students, Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: Veselin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dickov
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mijatovic
keywords: Suicide attempt; addiction; opiates; risk