Analysis of suspected suicides using poison center data

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• Personal Author:
  Friedman LS ; Liang S
• Description:
  Although there has been extensive research into the epidemiology and prevention of suicide, there continues to be a paucity of research on non-fatal suicides, in particular persons not treated in hospitals following a suicide attempt. In this study, we analyzed call data from the Illinois Poison Center from 2002 to 2007, which primarily comprises of non-fatal hospitalized and non-hospitalized attempts. We analyzed 43,057 calls by persons suspected of attempting suicide. The three most common groups of substances used were analgesics, antidepressants, and sedative/hypnotics/antipsychotics. The Poisson regression model showed significant declines in calls for suspected suicides during periods of holidays and vacations, and was more pronounced among youths. This study provides a current and detailed description of substances used primarily in non-fatal suicide attempts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Hypnotics And Sedatives Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Keywords:
  Analgesics Antidepressants Author Keywords: Analgesics Humans Models Morbidity-rates Mortality-rates Poisoning Poisons Poisson Regression Model Sedatives Statistical-analysis Suicide Trend Analysis Youths

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• ISSN:
  1381-1118
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  185-194
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045791
• Citation:
  Arch Suicide Res 2011 Jul-Sep; 15(3):185-194
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Suicide Research
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:949b9362a73f5f0d5c4bf22a3d592620a88b5f28f48a6c1678773d5b5291cecdbfc1196ef78cf1261c1be3b3f8f1dcc6fceb4c62d18a57543c1e412df2b5ada9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201079/cdc_201079_DS1.pdf
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