Associations of substance use patterns with attempted suicide among persons who inject drugs: Can distinct use patterns play a role?

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 147, Issue , 2015, Pages 208-214

  Artenie, Andreea Adelina ^a,b   Bruneau, Julie ^a,b,c   Zang, Geng ^a   Lespérance, François ^a,c   Renaud, Johanne ^b   Tremblay, Joël ^d   Jutras Aswad, Didier ^a,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug use; Epidemiology; Injection; Risk factor; Stimulant; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ADDICTION; CANADA; COMPLICATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84921026000     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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