Suicide attempts during heavy drinking episodes among individuals entering alcohol treatment in Warsaw, Poland.
Suicide attempts during heavy drinking episodes among individuals entering alcohol treatment in Warsaw, Poland.
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DOI:
10.1093/alcalc/ags069
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发表时间:
2012
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Brower,KirkJ
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作者:
Klimkiewicz,Anna;Ilgen,MarkA;Bohnert,AmySB;Jakubczyk,Andrzej;Wojnar,Marcin;Brower,KirkJ
Aims: Acute alcohol intoxication itself may act as a trigger for suicidal thoughts and attempts among individuals at risk and may influence the potential lethality of the suicide attempt. This study in alcohol-dependent patients compared the correlates of suicide attempts during a heavy drinking episode with those of suicide attempts during relative sobriety.Methods: In two outpatient and two residential alcohol treatment programs in Warsaw, Poland, 113 patients who reported a suicide attempt during their lifetime were interviewed. The analyses focused on the patients’ most serious suicide attempts and on whether these occurred during a heavy drinking episode.Results: Over two-thirds of the patients reported that their most serious suicide attempt occurred during a period of heavy drinking. A multivariable logistic model indicated that the following factors significantly distinguished those patients whose most serious suicide attempt occurred during a heavy drinking episode: male gender, younger current age, greater severity of alcohol dependence and the attempt being unplanned.Conclusion: Among the patients in treatment for alcohol dependence who made a suicide attempt, the most serious attempt was likely to have been unplanned and committed by men when it occurred during a heavy drinking episode.