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Which Psychopathological Syndromes Could Be Associated with the Risk of Suicide among Substance Users?

by
Laura Masferrer
1,2,*,
Elisenda Escalé-Muntañà
3,
Rafel Malagón
4,
Jordi Cid
1 and
Beatriz Caparrós
2
1
Public Addiction Centre, Cas Teresa Ferrer, Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, IDIBGI Institut d’Assistència Sanitària (IAS), 17002 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
2
Department of Psychology, University of Girona, 17004 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
3
Gironine Helping Gambling Association (AGAL), 17002 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
4
Psicosocial Rehabilitation Unit, Institut d’Assistència Sanitària (IAS), 17190 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15(10), 2279; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102279
Submission received: 29 August 2018 / Revised: 2 October 2018 / Accepted: 14 October 2018 / Published: 17 October 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dual Disorder Patients: Clinical and Therapeutical Aspects)
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Abstract

Background: Research has shown that suicide is a highly present phenomenon among the drug dependent population. Moreover, individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) present high psychopathological comorbidity. This study aimed to describe which clinical syndromes are linked to the presence of risk of suicide. Methods: The study was based on a consecutive non-probabilistic convenience sample of 196 patients who attended the Public Addiction Center in Girona (Spain). Sociodemographic data, as well as suicide risk and drug related characteristics, were recorded. The risk of suicide was assessed with the Spanish version of “risk of suicide”. Complicated grief was assessed with the Spanish version of the Inventory of Complicated Grief. Clinical syndromes were measured with the Spanish version of MCMI-III. Results: The syndromes most frequently associated with the presence of risk of suicide were complicated grief, major depression and thought disorder. Conclusions: Different psychopathological syndromes were identified in relation to risk of suicide among patients with SUD. The present results highlight the importance of accurately diagnosing those individuals.
Keywords: complicated grief; clinical syndromes; substance use disorder; risk of suicide complicated grief; clinical syndromes; substance use disorder; risk of suicide

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Masferrer, L.; Escalé-Muntañà, E.; Malagón, R.; Cid, J.; Caparrós, B. Which Psychopathological Syndromes Could Be Associated with the Risk of Suicide among Substance Users? Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 2279. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102279

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Masferrer L, Escalé-Muntañà E, Malagón R, Cid J, Caparrós B. Which Psychopathological Syndromes Could Be Associated with the Risk of Suicide among Substance Users? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018; 15(10):2279. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102279

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Masferrer, Laura, Elisenda Escalé-Muntañà, Rafel Malagón, Jordi Cid, and Beatriz Caparrós. 2018. "Which Psychopathological Syndromes Could Be Associated with the Risk of Suicide among Substance Users?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 10: 2279. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102279

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Masferrer, L., Escalé-Muntañà, E., Malagón, R., Cid, J., & Caparrós, B. (2018). Which Psychopathological Syndromes Could Be Associated with the Risk of Suicide among Substance Users? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(10), 2279. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102279

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