Details in individuals with comorbid depression and alcoholism, greater serotonergic impairment may be associated with higher risk of completed suicide.

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.

Reveals that studies of suicide victims in the general population show that about 20% are alcoholic.

Article, published in Preventing Suicide, reveals that research has shown in a study showed that between 18 and 66 percent of suicide victims have alcohol in their blood at time of death.

Shares the fact that alcoholism and suicide often go hand in hand. Alcoholics are prodded to suicidal behavior and even people who don't normally drink will often ingest alcohol shortly before killing themselves.

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 this electronic brochure produced by the United States Naval Academy.

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.

Learn about this Montreal addiction and crisis drop-in centre that offers services to people of all ages.