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Advanced| About - Alcoholism - Risk Factor for Suicide - http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/depress/a/blaas030501.htm Notes that suicide prevention efforts in alcoholics must include a focus on depression as well as interpersonal factors including partner-relationship difficulties. Read for details. - [Read more] |
| Alcoholism Statistics.com - Suicide Statistics - http://alcoholism-statistics.com/suicides.php Reveals that studies of suicide victims in the general population show that about 20% are alcoholic. - [Read more] |
| EurekAlert! - Suicide risk among alcoholics appears to increase with age - http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-07/ace-sra070703.php Addresses this first study of a sample of adults across the age spectrum that explicitly focused on factors that increase the risk for suicide and medically serious suicide attempts associated with alcohol dependence. - [Read more] |
| Join Together - Study: Alcoholics Face Increased Suicide Risk - http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2006/study-alcoholics-face.html Indicates that people with alcohol-use disorders attempt suicide at a rate six to 10 times greater than the general population, according to researchers at Martin Luther University in Halle, Germany. - [Read more] |
| Suicide Research Today - Alcohol and suicide: neurobiological and clinical aspects - http://suicide.researchtoday.net/ Details in individuals with comorbid depression and alcoholism, greater serotonergic impairment may be associated with higher risk of completed suicide. - [Read more] |