Alcoholism, Alcohol Intoxication, and Suicide Attempts

Mayfield, Demmie G.

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1972.01750270055008

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“…38 In contrast, suicide in alcohol-dependent persons has been characterized as impulsive, in the context of intoxication, reactive to personal loss, and with little premeditation. 39 Nevertheless, even among alcohol-dependent patients, persistent suicidal ideation and planning may precede suicidal behavior. 40 While impulsive attempters may enter suicidal states rapidly, individuals who premeditate a suicide attempt may communicate suicidal thoughts, providing a window of opportunity for interventions.…”

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Alcohol Dependence and Suicidal Behavior: From Research to Clinical Challenges

Modesto‐Lowe¹,

Brooks

Ghani

2006

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

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Epidemiological and clinical data suggest high rates of suicidal behavior in alcohol-dependent individuals. Suicide attempters are likely to be young, to be single or separated, and to have made prior attempts. They differ from non-attempters by higher levels of impulsive aggression, drug use, and psychiatric comorbidity, particularly personality and depressive disorders. Treatment-seeking, alcohol-dependent individuals often present with multiple risk factors. Early recognition of suicidal behavior is hindered, however, by insufficient data regarding the acute phenomenology of imminent risk. Similarly, little research is available to guide intervention efforts. Initial trials support the use of fluoxetine for the treatment of suicidal, alcohol-dependent persons with comorbid depressive disorders. Future studies may clarify the relative efficacy of various psychotherapeutic and pharmacological approaches to treating these patients.

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Section: Clinical Characteristicsmentioning

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Alcohol Dependence and Suicidal Behavior: From Research to Clinical Challenges

Modesto‐Lowe¹,

Brooks

Ghani

2006

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

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“…Alcohol has long been considered an important factor in aggressive behaviour (MacAndrew & Edgerton, 1969;Mayfield, 1976). The mechanism of this relationship, however, is unclear.…”

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Homicide and alcohol poisoning in Belarus, 1970–2005

Разводовский

2008

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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Background: The association between alcohol and homicide is well documented. The research evidence suggests an important role for a cultural and social context in the alcohol-homicide association. Purpose: To estimate the aggregate level effect of binge drinking on the homicide rate in Slavic drinking culture. Method: Trends in the homicide and fatal alcohol-poisoning rate from 1970 to 2005 in the former Soviet Slavic republic Belarus were analysed employing an ARIMA time series analysis. Results: The results of the time series analysis suggest a close relationship between the homicide and fatal alcohol-poisoning rate. Conclusion: This study supports the hypothesis that homicide and alcohol are closely connected in cultures where an intoxication-oriented drinking pattern prevails and adds to the growing body of evidence that a substantial proportion of homicides in the former Soviet Slavic republics is due to the acute effect of binge drinking.

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“…The second effect stemmed from the effects of substance abuse on interaction with the infant owing to the inability to evaluate one's own behavior. Altered perception of self and others and increased impulsivity and threats to personal self have been cited as significant intervening variables between alcohol consumption and levels of aggression (Sobell and Sobell 1975;Mayfield 1976;Zeichner and Pihl 1979;Rimm et al 1981;Cherek and Steinberg 1987;Gelles and Straus 1988;Roth 1996).…”

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Infant homicide at the hands of mothers: Toward a sociological perspective

Smithey

1997

Deviant Behavior

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Alcoholism, Alcohol Intoxication, and Suicide Attempts

Cited by 97 publications

References 15 publications

Alcohol Dependence and Suicidal Behavior: From Research to Clinical Challenges

Alcohol Dependence and Suicidal Behavior: From Research to Clinical Challenges

Homicide and alcohol poisoning in Belarus, 1970–2005

Infant homicide at the hands of mothers: Toward a sociological perspective

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