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Emergency Department Visits for Drug-Related Suicide Attempts Involving Antidepressants by Adolescents and Young Adults [electronic resource] : 2004 to 2008. The DAWN Report.

In 2008, adolescents made 23,124 visits to the emergency department (ED) for drug-related suicide attempts, and young adults made 38,036 such visits; of these visits, 23.0 percent (5,312 visits) among adolescents and 17.6 percent (6,700 visits) among young adults involved antidepressants. Among ED v...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Corporate Author: United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2011.
Subjects:
Suicide.
Young Adults.
Adolescents.
Substance Abuse.
Drug Therapy.
Hospitals.
Mental Health.
Gender Differences.
Drug Abuse.
Incidence.
Drinking.
Alcohol Abuse.
Public Health.
Marijuana.
Narcotics.
Age Differences.
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Summary:In 2008, adolescents made 23,124 visits to the emergency department (ED) for drug-related suicide attempts, and young adults made 38,036 such visits; of these visits, 23.0 percent (5,312 visits) among adolescents and 17.6 percent (6,700 visits) among young adults involved antidepressants. Among ED visits for suicide attempts involving antidepressants, more than two thirds of visits by adolescents (68.4 percent) and more than three fourths of visits by young adults (78.0 percent) involved other substances in addition to antidepressants. One tenth (10.2 percent) of visits by adolescents and nearly one fourth (22.6 percent) of those made by young adults involved antidepressants in combination with alcohol. One third (32.9 percent) of visits for drug-related suicide attempts made by adolescents and one half (49.4 percent) of visits made by young adults resulted in hospitalization. (Contains 1 figure, 2 tables and 11 endnotes.)
Item Description:Availability: SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI). P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345. Tel: 800-729- 6686; Tel: 301-468-2600; Web site: http://ncadi.samhsa.gov.
Abstractor: As Provided.
Physical Description:6 p.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:Text (Reports, Descriptive)
Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note:Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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