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dc.contributor.authorPandey, Susmita
dc.contributor.authorBolstad, Ingeborg
dc.contributor.authorLien, Lars
dc.contributor.authorWalby, Fredrik A
dc.contributor.authorMyhre, Martin Øverlien
dc.contributor.authorBramness, Jørgen Gustav
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-21T08:30:21Z
dc.date.available2022-09-21T08:30:21Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-18
dc.description.abstractBackground<p> <p>Patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) are at high risk for suicide attempts. Mental health problems along with AUD-related factors may contribute to this increased risk. Studies have shown sex differences in rates and correlates of suicide attempts. <p>Aims <p>The purpose of the study was to examine mental-health-related and AUD-related factors associated with suicide attempt separately in female and male AUD patients. <p>Method <p>We collected information about lifetime suicide attempt and mental-health- and AUD-related factors for AUD in-patients (n = 114; 32 females) receiving rehabilitative treatment. <p>Results <p>The prevalence of lifetime suicide attempt was 27%, and the rate was similar in both sexes. Among females, current depressive symptoms and current post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis were associated with suicide attempt. In male AUD patients, among the mental-health-related factors, lifetime major depression, panic disorder, social phobia, childhood sexual abuse and antisocial personality disorder were associated with suicide attempt. In addition, AUD-related factors including longer duration of drinking, history of delirium tremens, greater severity of AUD and lower levels of prolactin were associated with suicide attempt in males. <p>Conclusions <p>Our results indicate that suicide attempts in female AUD patients were more mental-health-related, whereas those in males were also related to the severity of AUD. This suggests that a suicide prevention programme for AUD patients would benefit from a sex-based understanding of the risk factors.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPandey, Bolstad, Lien, Walby, Myhre, Bramness. Sex-specific factors associated with lifetime suicide attempt among patients with alcohol use disorders. BJPsych Open. 2022;8(4)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2050255
dc.identifier.doi10.1192/bjo.2022.545
dc.identifier.issn2056-4724
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/26878
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.relation.journalBJPsych Open
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleSex-specific factors associated with lifetime suicide attempt among patients with alcohol use disordersen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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