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CSAP Substance Abuse Resource Guide: Suicide

2000 CSAP 14 pages 150 to a Box This resource guide presents recent

research on the relationship between suicide and substance abuse. The first

section includes information on the connection between substance abuse and

suicide. The second section provides national databases that are useful for the

study of suicide and a list of organizations concerned about suicide.

Table of Contents:
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Nelba Chavez, Ph.D.

Administrator

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Ruth Sanchez-Way, Ph.D.

Acting Director, Center for Substance

Abuse Prevention

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Table of Contents:

•Books

•Booklets, Brochures, and

Fact Sheets

•Magazines and

Newsletters

•Classroom Materials and

Kits

•Videos, Posters, and

Other Items

•Studies, Articles, and

Reports

•Organizations and

Internet Sites

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The listing of materials of programs in this resource guide does not constitute

or imply endorsement by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, the

Public Health Service, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration, or the Department of Health and Human Services. The

materials have been reviewed for accuracy, appropriateness, and conformance

with public health principals.

This Substance Abuse Resource Guide was compiled from a variety of

publications and data bases and represents the most current inforamtion to

date. It is not an all-inclusive listing of materials on this topic. This guide will

be updated regularly, and your comments or suggestions are welcome. To

suggest information or materails that might be included in future editions,

please write to SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug

Information (NCADI), P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345.

Produced by SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug

Information, Denise C. Jones, editor.

For further information on alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs, call 800-729-6686,

301-468-2600, or TDD 800-487-4889. Or visit us on our World Wide Web Site

at http://ncadi.samhsa.gov.

Books

Coping With Teen Suicide

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among teenagers. This book is

directed to teens contemplating suicide and anyone who is close to them.

Employing anonymous case histories, the author explores contributing factors

such as societal stress, challenges of adolescent development, and the

special problems of gay and lesbian teens. Depression is cited as an

important symptom and stage of the process leading to suicide. The book

includes chapters on “Mistaken Thinking” (a sense of limited options and

illusions about the nature of death), coping skills, and the plight of surviving

relatives and friends.

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Author: Murphy, J.

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Year: 1999

Length: 125 pages

Topic: Teenage suicide

Target Audience: Teens (grade 6 and up)

Availability: Bookstores

Format: Book

Cost: $17.95

Internet Address:

The Harvard Medical School Guide to

Suicide Assessment and Intervention

This book is designed to help clinicians identify patients at risk for suicide and

outlines appropriate steps to reduce the risk. It explains methods for

determining the risk level for suicidal or at-risk patients, recommends a suicide

assessment protocol that can easily be included into clinical practice, and

provides guidelines for intervening when people risk harming themselves. The

subject populations include adolescents; the physically ill; and those with

major mental illness, alcoholism, and borderline personality disorder.

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Year: 1998

Length: 704 pages

Topic: Suicide assessment and intervention

Target Audience: Clinicians

Availability: Bookstores or contact Jossey-Bass Publishers, 350

Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94104; 415-433-1740

Format: Book

Cost: $59.95

Internet Address: http://www.josseybass.com

The Suicidal Mind

The Suicidal Mind differs from many other books on suicide by asserting that

the primary means of preventing suicide is not the study of the brain, but the

study of human emotions because psychological pain is the primary cause of

suicide. The book provides insight into suicidal impulses and suggestions on

how to counteract them.

Organization:

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Author: Shneidman, E.

Publication:

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Year: 1998
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Year: 1998

Length: 208 pages

Topic: Suicide

Target Audience: Families, physicians, people contemplating

suicide

Availability: Bookstores, or contact Oxford University Press, 198

Madison Avenue, New York, NY10016; 212-726-6000;

Format: Book

Cost: $13.95

Internet Address: http://www.oup.co.uk

Making Sense of Suicide: An In-Depth

Look at Why People Kill Themselves

Making Sense of Suicide is an introduction to the background and prevention

of suicidal behaviors. It provides relevant information for all professionals who

may encounter people considering suicide.

Organization:

Editor:

Author: Lester, D.

Publication:

Publisher:

Year: 1997

Length: 224 pages

Topic: Suicide

Target Audience: Health professionals, educators, and parents

Availability: Bookstores or contact Charles Press Publish-ers,

P.O. Box 15715 Philadelphia, PA 19103; 215-545-8933

Format: Book

Cost: $22.95

Internet Address: http://www.charlespresspub.com

Booklets, Brochures, and Fact Sheets

Patterns of Alcohol Use Among

Adolescents and Associations with

Emotional and Behavioral Problems

This report provides data showing the relationship among the emotional state,

health, behaviors, and alcohol use. The data cannot be used to provide a

causal relationship because they are not longitudinal, but examining

correlations of frequency of alcohol use with problems provides some evidence

that an increase in the amount consumed is associated with problem

behaviors.

Organization: Office of Applied Studies

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Author: Greenblatt, J.

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Year: 2000

Length: 28 pages

Topic: Adolescent alcohol abuse

Target Audience: Prevention program planners, general

audience

Availability: Office of Applied Studies, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Room 16C-06, Rockville, MD 20857; 301-443-6239

Format: Report

Cost: Free

Internet Address: http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/oasftp.htm

Year-End Emergency Department Data

from the Drug Abuse Warning Network

This series of reports from the Drug Abuse Warning Network examines trends

in the number of drug mentions in emergency department episodes. The study

also compares the incidence of specific drug mentions in major metropolitan

areas. Included are persons ages 6 and older who were treated in the

hospital’s emergency department with a presenting problem that was induced

by or related to the nonmedical use of a licit drug or any use of an illicit drug

that was taken because of dependence, suicide attempt or gesture, or psychic

effects. This year-end data summarizes the preliminary data from July to

December 1998 and compares the trends with the previous 20 years.

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Year: 1999

Length: 122 pages

Topic: Drug abuse trends in the United States

Target Audience: Prevention program planners, community

leaders, statisticians

Availability: SAMHSA’s National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and

Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847, 800-

729-6686

Format: Report

Cost: Free

Internet Address: http://www.health.org

Suicide Research Program

This report contains abstracts of suicide research projects funded in fiscal

year 1999 by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). NIMH extramural

support for research projects focused on suicide or containing large suicide

components totaled approximately $15 million.
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components totaled approximately $15 million.

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Year: 1999

Length: 41 pages

Topic: Suicide

Target Audience: Researchers, health professionals

Availability: National Institute for Mental Health; 6001 Executive

Boulevard, Room 8184, Bethesda, MD 20892; 301-443-4513

Format: Report

Cost: Free

Internet Address: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/research/suicide.htm Also

available online at www.nimh.nih.gov/research/suicide.htm

Making the Link: Alcohol and Other

Drugs and Suicide

This fact sheet explains the relationship of alcohol and drug use and persons

contemplating suicide.

Organization: Center for Substance Abuse Preven-tion

Editor:

Author:

Publication:

Publisher:

Year: 1995

Length: 1 page

Topic: Connection between substance abuse and suicide

Target Audience: General public, high-risk youth, young adults,

community service groups

Availability: SAMHSA’s National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and

Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345;

800-729-6686

Format: Fact sheet

Cost: Free

Internet Address: http://www.health.org

Magazines and Newsletters

Archives of Suicide Research

This magazine, Archives of Suicide Research, is the official journal of the

International Academy of Suicide Research. Its articles focus on all aspects of
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International Academy of Suicide Research. Its articles focus on all aspects of

suicide.

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Year: Published quarterly

Length: Varies

Topic: Suicide

Target Audience: General audience

Availability: Kluwer Academic Publishers, P.O. Box 358, Accord

Station, Hingham, MA 02018-0358

Format: Magazine

Cost: $135 for annual subscription

Internet Address: http://www.priory.com/kluwer.htm

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

The official publication of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS),

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior is dedicated to the understanding and

prevention of suicide.

Organization: American Association of Suicidology

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Year: Published quarterly

Length: Varies

Topic: Suicide

Target Audience: Members of the American Association of

Suicidology

Availability: American Association of Suicidology, 4201

Connecticut Ave., NW., Suite 408, Washing-ton, DC 20008; 202-

237-2280

Format: Magazine

Cost: Free with membership in AAS

Internet Address: http://www.suicidology.org

Surviving Suicide

Published by the American Association of Suicidology (AAS), this newsletter

is written for and by survivors of suicide.

Organization: American Association of Suicidology

Editor:

Author:

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Year: Published quarterly

Length: Varies

Topic: Suicide

Target Audience: Suicide survivors, members of AAS

Availability: American Association of Suicidology, 4201

Connecticut Ave., NW., Suite 408, Washing-ton, DC 20008; 202-

237-2280

Format: Newsletter

Cost: Free with membership in AAS, $20 per year for nonmembers

Internet Address: http://www.suicidology.org

Classroom Materials and Kits

American Indian Life Skills Curriculum

Unfortunately, suicide is a significant problem for many adolescents in Native

American Indian populations. This curriculum for middle and high school

students is designed to reduce suicidal thinking and behavior. Created in

collaboration with students and community members from the Zuni Pueblo and

the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, it addresses key issues in Native American

Indian adolescents’ lives and teaches such life skills as communication,

problem solving, depression, stress management, anger regulation, and goal

setting. Taking a skill-based approach, the course first increases awareness

and knowledge of suicide, then teaches specific methods to help a peer turn

away from suicidal thinking and seek help from an appropriate help giver.

Organization:

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Author: Lafromboise, T.

Publication:

Publisher:

Year: 1996

Length: 408 pages

Topic: Suicide prevention

Target Audience: Teachers and educators of Native American

high school students

Availability: $22.95

Format: Workbook

Cost: $22.95

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Videos, Posters, and Other Items

Reach Out With Hope Reach Out With
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Reach Out With Hope Reach Out With

Hope

Reaching Out With Hope presents risk factors and guidelines for assisting

adults in suicidal crisis, and includes a study guide.

Organization: Reach Out With Hope

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Author:

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Year: 1997

Length: 19 minutes and 33-page study guide

Topic: Suicide

Target Audience: Prevention program planners, friends and

family of suicidal adults, general audi-ence

Availability: Suicide Information and Education Center, #201,

1615-10th Avenue, SW., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3C0J7;

403-245-3900

Format: Video

Cost: $50

Internet Address: http://www.siec.ca

The Suicidal Patient: Assessment and

Care

Over two-thirds of the Americans that commit suicide each year have seen a

physician within a month of their death. For this reason, it is very important for

primary care physicians to recognize signs of depression and potential suicide

in their patients. This film provides guidelines for assessing the suicide risk of

their patients including depression warning signs, particular populations at

risk, and appropriate intervention strategies.

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Year: 1996

Length: 15 minutes

Topic: Suicide assessment and prevention

Target Audience: Primary care physicians

Availability: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, 120

Wall Street, 22nd Floor, New York, NY10005; 888-333-AFSP

Format: Video

Cost: $5.95

Internet Address: http://www.asfp.org

Studies, Articles, and Reports
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Cocaine Use Associated with Increased

Suicidal Behavior in Depressed Alcoholics

This study strived to determine whether depressed alcoholics who used

cocaine would display a higher prevalence of suicidal behavior and suicidal

ideation than depressed alcoholics who did not use cocaine. Forty-one

depressed alcoholics participated in this prospective study of consecutively

admitted patients. Seventeen patients (41.5 percent) had made a suicide

attempt during their current depressive episode, and all but one of these

attempts occurred during the week before their hospitalization. Ten patients

used cocaine in the week before hospitalization, and 7 of these 10 had made a

suicide attempt during that week. In contrast, only 32 percent of the

depressed alcoholics who did not use cocaine made a suicide attempt during

that week. Suicidal ideation was also more prevalent in alcoholics who used

cocaine. The authors conclude that cocaine use is associated with an

increased prevalence of suicidal behavior and suicidal ideation in depressed

alcoholics.

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Author: Balak, A.; Cornelius, J.; Thase, M.; and Salloum, I.

Publication: Addictive Behaviors, 23(1): 119–121,

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Psychiatric Comorbidity, Suicidal

Behavior, and Suicidal Ideation in

Alcoholics Seeking Treatment

This article estimates the impact of coexisting disorders for suicidal ideas in

250 alcohol-dependent subjects seeking treatment. Suicidal behaviors were

assessed after detoxification and 12 months after each subject’s discharge.

The authors found that a history of suicide attempts was reported by 29.2

percent and suicidal ideas by 14.1 percent, and that suicide attempts were

reported by 5.4 percent at the follow-up. One female patient committed suicide

within 6 months of discharge from the hospital. The following comorbidity

patterns were associated with the greatest risk for suicidal ideas: anxiety and

depressive disorders, axes I and II disorders, and a history of suicide attempt.

The authors conclude that the importance of psychiatric comorbidity for the

suicidal risk in alcohol-dependent patients is important, while alcoholism itself

appears to be only a moderate risk factor.

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Author: Driessen, M.; John, U.; Veltrup, C.; and Weber, J.

Publication: Addiction, 93(6): 889–894
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Publication: Addiction, 93(6): 889–894

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Substance Abuse and Suicide: Promoting

Re-silience Against Self-Destructive

Behavior in Youth

Substance abuse and suicide have been recognized as major self-destructive

behaviors of youth, have strong comorbidity, and have substantial overlap with

regard to risk and protective factors. This article summarizes information on

these behaviors, risk and protective factors, and the effectiveness of existing

prevention programs. A coordinated, resilience-building prevention strategy is

proposed which addresses generic and domain-specific knowledge and skills.

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Author: Forman, S.; and Kalafat, J.

Publication: School Psychology Review, 27(3): 398–406

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Substance Use: Comparison of

Adolescent and Young Adult Suicide and

Accidental Death

In the United States in 1995, 72 percent of all deaths between school-age

youth and young adults resulted from four causes: motor vehicle crashes,

other unintentional injuries, homicides, and suicides. This study examines

adolescent and young adult suicide and accidental death rates in relation to

substance use prior to death. The results of the study show an alarming

increase in the role of substance use/abuse in adolescent and young adult

accidental and suicidal deaths. Substance abuse and mental disorders are the

two most important risk factors in attempted and completed adolescent and

young adult suicide. Also noted as contributing to the increase in the

adolescent and young adult suicide rate is the easy accessibility to weapons,

either from the home or off the street due to the increasing gang and drug
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either from the home or off the street due to the increasing gang and drug

trade.

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Author: Davis, D.; Riggin, O.; and Sumner, D.

Publication: Journal of Addictions Nursing, 10(1): 34–39

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Suicide Methods and Presence of

Intoxicating Abusable Substances: Some

Clinical and Public Health Implications

This article examines the relationship between presence of intoxicating

abusable substances (IAS) at postmortem toxicology and any specific suicide

method. The study included 179 suicides of 14- to 88-year-olds from San

Diego, CA, in 1981-1982, and 225 suicides of 14- to 92-year-olds from Mobile,

AL, in 1990-1995, for which comprehensive toxicological examination had

been conducted. Suicide methods were grouped into more immediately fatal

(MIF) and less immediately fatal (LIF) categories. The most common method

in each category (guns and overdoses, respectively) was examined separately

as well. The same proportions of men and women were positive for any IAS in

both locations. Significantly more of the Mobile suicides than the San Diego

suicides were by MIF methods for both genders, and were almost totally

attributable to the use of guns. The use of guns for suicide in Mobile was also

significantly higher. Nonetheless, the suicide rates for men and women in

Mobile were no higher than for the overall United States. The authors

concluded that potentially suicidal people should be advised to avoid

intoxicating substances of any kind. The authors also suggest that physicians

should avoid prescribing such substances to depressed or suicidal patients.

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Author: Dhossche, D.; Dirk, M.; Ghani, S.; Isacs-son, G.; and

Rich, C.

Publication: Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 10(4): 169–175

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Overdose, Suicide Attempts, and Death

Among a Cohort of Naltrexone-Treated

Opioid Addicts

This article reports on a cohort of naltrexone-treated opioid addicts in which

there appeared to be unusually high rates of overdose, suicidal behavior, and

death. The participants were assigned to either an intensive psychosocial

protocol or standard community treatment for opioid dependence and given 50

mg. naltrexone to be taken once daily. A battery of measures were

administered as baseline data, with follow-up interviews at 6 and 12 months

after treatment assignment. The results indicated that 13 participants

overdosed within the 12-month study period. There were four fatalities, one of

which was a suicide. Among the nine non-fatal overdoses were four suicide

attempts. The demographic and drug use characteristics of the participants

are also described.

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Author: Frosch, D.; McCann, M.; Miotto, K.; and Rawson, R.

Publication: Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 45(1-2): 131–134

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Risk of Suicide Attempts After

Benzodiazepine and/or Antidepressant

Use

This study evaluates suicide attempts in subjects recently exposed to

benzodiazepines or antidepressants, as compared to unexposed controls. A

popula-tion of 225,796 persons with prescriptions for benzodiazepines

indicated that non-antidepressant users had statistically significant

associations among suicide attempts and benzodiazepine use, antipsychotic

use, and a history of past treatment for drug/alcohol abuse. The association

between benzodiazepine use and attempted suicide is especially high for nonantidepressant users, the young, and males. Physicians should be aware of

the high potential for suicide attempts when prescribing benzodiazepines for

patients.

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Author: Neutel, C.; and Patten, S.

Publication: Annals of Epidemiology, 7(8): 568–574

Publisher:

Year: 1997
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Role of Drugs and Alcohol in Urban

Minority Adolescent Suicide Attempts

This study examines psychopathology and substance use in 15 AfricanAmerican adolescents who attempted suicide and a control group consisting

of 15 African-American adolescents who did not attempt suicide. Both groups

of adolescents and their parents completed questionnaires that addressed

depression, behavior problems, family functioning, and drug and alcohol use.

The suicidal youth were found to have a significant level of depression in

addition to a variety of internalizing and externalizing behavior disorders. The

suicidal youth were at a high risk for alcohol and drug abuse. The results

indicated that suicidal African-American adolescents used significant amounts

of drugs and alcohol, which may be associated with suicidal attempts.

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Author: Jones, G.

Publication: Death Studies, 21(2): 189–202

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Suicide and Alcoholism: Distinguishing

Alcoholic Patients With and Without

Comorbid Drug Abuse

This study uses psychological autopsy data to test the hypothesis that

alcoholic patients with comorbid drug use disorders who committed suicide

(AD) are distinguishable from alcoholic suicide victims without a comorbid drug

use disorder (AL). The dependent variables in-cluded demographics, suicidal

behavior, psychiatric symptoms, and medical illness burden. The AL group

were older, white, and tended to live alone. Analyses that controlled for age

and sex indicated that the AL group were more likely to have a comorbid major

depression and less likely to tell someone they were contemplating suicide

than was the AD group. Scores on a measure of illness burden increased with

age among the AL group but not the AD group, though the latter were more

likely to be under a physician’s care with increasing age. These differences

should be considered when designing prevention measures.
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should be considered when designing prevention measures.

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Author: Caine, E.; Conwell, Y.; Cox, C.; Duber-stein, P.; Forbes,

N; and Porsteinsson, A.

Publication: American Journal on Addictions, 6(4): 304–310

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Violence, Suicidality, and Alcohol/Drug

Use Involvement in Adolescent Females

with a Psychoactive Substance Use

Disorder and Controls

This study had three objectives: (1) to determine the relationship between

behavioral dysregulation, negative affectivity, and familial impairment with

violence and suicidality in 161 adolescent females (ages 14 to 18) with a

psychoactive substance use disorder and 80 controls; (2) to determine

whether these relations are mediated by internalizing and externalizing

symptomatology; and (3) to determine whether severity of alcohol/drug use

involvement moderates the relations between the mediating variables with

violence and suicidality. Behavioral dysregulation, negative affectivity, and

familial impairment were related to violence, whereas only familial impairment

was related to suicidality. Internalizing symptomatology mediated the relation

between familial impairment and suicidality, and was related to violence,

whereas externalizing symptomatology mediated the relations between

behavioral dysregulation, negative affectivity, and familial impairment with

violence. Severity of substance use involvement did not moderate the relations

between internalizing or externalizing symptomatology with suicidality or

violence. Internalizing symptomatology and suicidality correlation was stronger

in females with a greater degree of substance use involvement.

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Author: Barrett, C.; Giancola, P.; Lu, S.; Mezzich, A.; Parks, S.;

and Tarter, R.

Publication: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research,

21(7): 1300–1307

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Alcohol and Suicide—Beyond the Link at

the Individual Level

This article discusses some theories of how the association between alcohol

and completed suicide is formed. The author discusses some of the

consistencies and inconsistencies in the empirical findings as well as some of

the future challenges for research in this area.

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Author: Rossow, I.

Publication: Addiction, 91(10): 1413–1416

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Alcohol Availability, Alcoholism, and

Suicide and Homicide

Using R.G. Smart’s 1977 measures of alcohol availability, use, and abuse,

this study explores the association of alcohol abuse and availability with rates

of suicide and homicide in the United States. The authors find that suicide

rates were associated with per capita consumption, but not with alcohol

availability or abuse. While alcohol-related variables appear to have no affect

on statewide homicide rates, alcohol consumption was associated with

statewide suicide rates, though not as strongly as divorce rates.

Organization:

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Author: Lester, D.

Publication: American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse,

21(1): 147–150

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Year: 1995

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Internet Address:

Organizations and Internet Sites

American Association of Suicidology

http://www.suicidology.org

202-237-2280

4201 Connecticut Avenue, NW

Suite 408

Washington, DC 20008

American Foundation of Suicide Prevention

http://www.afsp.org

888-333-AFSP

120 Wall Street

22nd Floor

New York, NY 10005

American Psychiatric Association

http://www.psych.org

202-682-6000

888-357-7924

1400 K Street NW

Washington, DC 20005
6/25/13 NCADI: Resources

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American Psychological Association (APA)

http://www.apa.org/

202-336-5500

750 First Street, NE

Washington, DC 20002

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs

202-307-0765 Washington, DC

800-732-3277

810 Seventh Street, NW.

Washington, DC 20531

askbjs@ojp.usdoj.gov

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

http://www.samhsa.gov/centers/csap/csap.html

301-443-0365

800-729-6686 SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and

Drug Information

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockwall II Building, Suite 800

Rockville, MD 20857

info@samhsa.gov

CSAP's Decision Support System (DSS)

http://www.preventiondss.org/
6/25/13 NCADI: Resources

web.archive.org/web/20030423232541/http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/referrals/resguides.aspx?InvNum=MS718 19/21

http://www.preventiondss.org/

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug

Information

http://www.health.org/links

800-487-4889 TDD

800-729-6686

PO Box 2345

Rockville, MD 20847

info@health.org

For Kids Only

http://www.health.org/kidsarea/

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence,

Inc. (NCADD)

http://www.ncadd.org/

212-269-7797 National Office

20 Exchange Place

Suite 2902

New York, NY 10005

national@ncadd.org

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
6/25/13 NCADI: Resources

web.archive.org/web/20030423232541/http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/referrals/resguides.aspx?InvNum=MS718 20/21

National Institutes of Health

http://www.nih.gov/

301-496-4143 Publications

9000 Rockville Pike

Bethesda, MD 20892

National Institute of Child Health and Human

Development

http://www.nichd.nih.gov/

800-370-2943

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

31 Center Drive

Bldg. 31, Room 2A32, MSC 2425

Bethseda, MD 20892

National Suicide Hotline

800-SUICIDE

Partnership for a Drug-Free America

http://www.drugfreeamerica.org

212-922-1560 (M-F 8:30-5:30 EST)

212-973-3502 Press inquires

405 Lexington Avenue

Suite 1601

New York, NY 10174
6/25/13 NCADI: Resources

web.archive.org/web/20030423232541/http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/referrals/resguides.aspx?InvNum=MS718 21/21

Partnerships Against Violence NETwork

http://www.pavnet.org/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration

http://www.samhsa.gov/

301-443-0746 SAMHSA News

301-443-6315

301-443-8956 Public Affairs Office

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20857

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