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Risk of Suicide and Dysfunctional Patterns of Personality among Bereaved Substance Users
Background: Research has shown that suicide is a phenomenon highly present among the drug dependent population. Different studies have demonstrated an upraised level of comorbidity between personality disorders (PD) and substance use disorders (SUD). This study aimed to describe which PDs are more f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5369152/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28335530 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14030316 |
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description | Background: Research has shown that suicide is a phenomenon highly present among the drug dependent population. Different studies have demonstrated an upraised level of comorbidity between personality disorders (PD) and substance use disorders (SUD). This study aimed to describe which PDs are more frequent among those patients with a risk of suicide. Methods: The study was based on a consecutive non-probabilistic convenience sample of 196 bereaved patients attended to in a Public Addiction Center in Girona (Spain). Sociodemographic data, as well as suicide and drug related characteristics were recorded. The risk of suicide was assessed with the Spanish version of “Risk of suicide”. Personality disorders were measured with the Spanish version of Millon Multiaxial Clinical Inventory. Results: The PDs more associated with the presence of risk of suicide were depressive, avoidant, schizotypal and borderline disorders. However, the histrionic, narcissistic and compulsive PDs are inversely associated with risk of suicide even though the narcissistic scale had no statistical correlation. Conclusions: The risk of suicide is a significant factor to take into account related to patients with SUD and especially with the presence of specific PDs. These findings underline the importance of diagnosing and treating rigorously patients with SUD. |
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spelling | pubmed-53691522017-04-05 Risk of Suicide and Dysfunctional Patterns of Personality among Bereaved Substance Users Masferrer, Laura Caparrós, Beatriz Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Research has shown that suicide is a phenomenon highly present among the drug dependent population. Different studies have demonstrated an upraised level of comorbidity between personality disorders (PD) and substance use disorders (SUD). This study aimed to describe which PDs are more frequent among those patients with a risk of suicide. Methods: The study was based on a consecutive non-probabilistic convenience sample of 196 bereaved patients attended to in a Public Addiction Center in Girona (Spain). Sociodemographic data, as well as suicide and drug related characteristics were recorded. The risk of suicide was assessed with the Spanish version of “Risk of suicide”. Personality disorders were measured with the Spanish version of Millon Multiaxial Clinical Inventory. Results: The PDs more associated with the presence of risk of suicide were depressive, avoidant, schizotypal and borderline disorders. However, the histrionic, narcissistic and compulsive PDs are inversely associated with risk of suicide even though the narcissistic scale had no statistical correlation. Conclusions: The risk of suicide is a significant factor to take into account related to patients with SUD and especially with the presence of specific PDs. These findings underline the importance of diagnosing and treating rigorously patients with SUD. MDPI 2017-03-20 2017-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5369152/ /pubmed/28335530 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14030316 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Masferrer, Laura Caparrós, Beatriz Risk of Suicide and Dysfunctional Patterns of Personality among Bereaved Substance Users |
title | Risk of Suicide and Dysfunctional Patterns of Personality among Bereaved Substance Users |
title_full | Risk of Suicide and Dysfunctional Patterns of Personality among Bereaved Substance Users |
title_fullStr | Risk of Suicide and Dysfunctional Patterns of Personality among Bereaved Substance Users |
title_full_unstemmed | Risk of Suicide and Dysfunctional Patterns of Personality among Bereaved Substance Users |
title_short | Risk of Suicide and Dysfunctional Patterns of Personality among Bereaved Substance Users |
title_sort | risk of suicide and dysfunctional patterns of personality among bereaved substance users |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5369152/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28335530 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14030316 |
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