Factors associated with choice of psychotropic drugs used for intentional drug overdose

• Published in: European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience Vol. 259; no. 2; pp. 86 - 91
• Main Authors: Tournier, Marie, Grolleau, Adeline, Cougnard, Audrey, Molimard, Mathieu, Verdoux, Hélène
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Darmstadt Steinkopff-Verlag 01.02.2009; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Anti-Anxiety Agents - administration & dosage; Antidepressive Agents - administration & dosage; Drug Overdose - complications; Drug Overdose - etiology; Drug Prescriptions; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neurosciences; Original Paper; Outpatients; Psychiatry; Psychotropic Drugs - administration & dosage; Psychotropic Drugs - adverse effects; Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use; Risk Factors; Young Adult; overdose; parasuicide; psychotropic drugs; prescription

Introduction Knowledge of the factors influencing the choice of drugs used for intentional drug overdose (IDO) may allow the reduction of IDO lethality. Objectives To assess with which frequency subjects with intentional overdose of psychotropic drugs ingest their own psychotropic drug treatment, an...