Self-poisonings with drugs by adolescents in the Lund catchment area |
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| Authors: | Petter Borna Anders Ekedahl Margot Alsén Lil Träskman-Bendz |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Paediatrics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden;2. Department of Community Health Sciences, Lund University, Malm?, Sweden, and National Corporation of Swedish Pharmacies and the NEPI Foundation;3. Department of Psychiatry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Our objective was to investigate which drugs young people who attempt suicide use in the Lund catchment area eight municipalities in Skåne, southern Sweden. All patients aged up to 18 years admitted to Lund University Hospital after deliberate or probably deliberate self-poisoning from 1 January 1991 until 31 December 1995 were included. Forty-nine (58%) had used a single drug; 20 (24%) had used 3 or more drugs. Fifty-two (61%) used analgesics paracetamol was used by 38 (45%) and propoxyphene by 17 (20%). Thirty-one (36%) had ingested psychotropics 13 used benzodiazepines, 10 antidepressants, and 8 antipsychotics. Eleven (15%) had used drugs in combination with alcohol. We conclude that it is important to follow changes in self-poisoning patterns, to monitor the effects of preventive work and discover new trends in drug use. |
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| Keywords: | Adolescents Drugs Self Poisoning |
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