BACKGROUND:: This study updated and expanded upon Harris and Barraclough's
empirical review [Harris, EC, Barraclough, B., 1997. Suicide as an outcome for mental …

Substance use disorders are among the most frequent psychiatric disorders found in
suicides. In psychological autopsy studies between 19% and 63% of all suicides suffered …

Knowledge of the epidemiology of suicide is a necessary prerequisite for developing
prevention programs. The aim of this study was to analyze the risk of completed suicide …

Introduction Decades of research show an association between alcohol use and death by
suicide. However, findings on the temporal link between alcohol use and death by suicide …

Background: Both acute and chronic use of alcohol are associated with suicidal behavior.
However, the differing relationship of each component of alcohol use and possible causal …

Objective: The extent to which acute alcohol use is a unique risk factor for suicide attempts is
unknown. The aims of the current study were to quantify the unique effect of acute alcohol …

Background: Preliminary data indicate that age, gender, and mood disorder moderate the
association of alcohol dependence and suicide. The purpose of this study was to evaluate …

Objective: Alcohol dependence is a potent risk factor for completed suicide and medically
serious attempts, but data are limited on factors that distinguish risk within this high-risk …

About 90% of people in Western countries use alcohol at some time in their lives, and 40%
experience temporary or permanent alcohol-related impairment in some area of life as a …

Aim To estimate and test associations between substance use disorders (SUDs) and both
completed suicides and suicide attempts in a population with severe mental illness. Design …