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Axel Schnabel

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Smoking differently modifies suicide risk of affective disorders, substance use disorders, and social factors

2008

Abstract Background Although an association between smoking and suicide has repeatedly been shown, information about a modifying influence of smoking on other risk factors for suicide is lacking. Methods Axis I and Axis II disorders, sociodemographic factors, and tobacco use were assessed by a semi-structured interview including the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I (SCID-I) and Personality Disorders (SCID-II) in 163 suicides (mean age 49.6 +/− 19.3 years; 64.4% men;) by psychological autopsy method and by personal interview in 396 living population-based control persons (mean age 51.6 +/− 17.0 years; 55.8% men). Results Smoking status (current smokers, lifetime non-smokers, a…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtySubstance-Related Disordersmedicine.medical_treatmentPoison controlComorbidityPersonality DisordersSuicide preventionRisk FactorsGermanyPrevalencemedicineHumansRisk factorPsychiatryDepression (differential diagnoses)Psychiatric Status Rating ScalesDepressive Disorder MajorMood DisordersResearchSmokingMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseControl GroupsPersonality disordersDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersSubstance abuseSuicidePsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologySocioeconomic FactorsMood disordersCase-Control StudiesSmoking cessationFemaleSmoking CessationPsychologyClinical psychologyJournal of Affective Disorders
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Substance use disorders as risk factors for suicide in an Eastern and a Central European city (Tallinn and Frankfurt/Main)

2009

Cultural and regional differences on the well-known elevated suicide risk in substance use disorders have not been clarified yet. Therefore, the suicide risk associated with substance use disorders in a society of transition and in a socially and economically stable society should be identified and compared. Data from two population-based matched case-control studies were used to analyse the association between alcohol and other substance consumption and the risk of suicide. Data in Frankfurt were obtained by a semi-structured interview including the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I (SCID-I) in 163 suicides that occurred in 1999 and 2000, and data from Tallinn were collected …

EstoniaMalemedicine.medical_specialtySubstance-Related DisordersCulturePopulationPoison controlSuicide AttemptedSuicide preventionCatchment Area HealthRisk FactorsGermanyInjury preventionmedicineHumansRisk factoreducationPsychiatryBiological Psychiatryeducation.field_of_studyHuman factors and ergonomicsOdds ratioMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseSubstance abusePsychiatry and Mental healthCase-Control StudiesFemalePsychologyPsychiatry Research
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