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Risk factors for suicidal behavior among alcoholics: factors associated with a history of ideation vs a history of parasuicide
- Authors:
- SMYTH Nancy J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 2(3), 1999, pp.79-98.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In this article four risk factors for parasuicide ideation in male and female alcoholism inpatients are investigated: addiction severity, family addiction history, psychiatric symptomatology, and inadequate social support. Risk factors for suicide ideation were psychiatric symptom severity and social dysfunction; those for parasuicide were younger alcohol problem onset, more alcoholism symptoms, greater social dysfunction, and greater psychiatric symptom severity. The most efficient model for parasuicide prediction consisted of psychiatric severity, controlling for gender; the most efficient model for ideation was psychiatric severity.
The relationship between childhood violence and alcohol problems among men who batter: an empirical review and synthesis
- Authors:
- DOWNS William R., SMYTH Nancy J., MILLER Brenda A.
- Journal article citation:
- Aggression and Violent Behavior, 1(4), Winter 1996, pp.327-344.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Reviews the literature on the associations among childhood violence, perpetration of partner violence, presence of alcohol problems, and presence of psychiatric problems in males; and synthesizes this literature into a theoretical model of the associations among childhood violence, alcohol problems, and perpetration of partner violence for men. History of parental alcohol and psychiatric problems, antisocial behaviours during childhood and adulthood, depressive symptomatology, and marital conflict are hypothesized as additional causative and mediator variables for alcohol problems in this model. Antisocial personality disorder is also considered as a moderator variable for the association between partner violence and alcohol problems, but is criticised on both empirical and theoretical grounds.