Are non-fatal opioid overdoses misclassified suicide attempts? Comparing the associated correlates

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 723-729

  Maloney, Elizabeth ^a   Degenhardt, Louisa ^a   Darke, Shane ^a   Nelson, Elliot C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Comorbidity; Drug overdose; Heroin dependence; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OVERDOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 67349213533     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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