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. 2018 Sep 6;18(1):287.
doi: 10.1186/s12888-018-1854-0.

Factors associated with hospitalization after self-poisoning in France: special focus on the impact of alcohol use disorder

Juliette Salles  1   2   3 , Julie Calonge  4 , Nicolas Franchitto  4   5 , Emmanuelle Bougon  4   6 , Laurent Schmitt  4   6
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Factors associated with hospitalization after self-poisoning in France: special focus on the impact of alcohol use disorder

Juliette Salles et al. BMC Psychiatry. .

Abstract

Background: Previous studies have identified factors associated with admission to hospital after suicide spectrum behaviors. In this study, we aim to identify specific factors associated with psychiatric hospitalization after self-poisoning. Given earlier findings suggesting that alcohol use disorder is not associated with hospital admission, we also aim to consider its impact, as well as blood alcohol concentrations, on hospitalization decisions after a suicide attempt.

Methods: We studied the association between demographic features, suicide intent, psychiatric characteristics and admission to hospital in self-poisoning patients in an emergency department in France.

Results: Suicide intent, a past history of suicide attempts, bipolar disorder and depression were associated with psychiatric hospital admissions. Despite alcohol use disorder being known to be associated with a suicide risk, it was not linked with psychiatric hospitalization. A positive blood alcohol concentration in the emergency department likewise had no association with admission to a psychiatric ward for inpatient care.

Conclusions: Our findings were similar to those reported for other suicide spectrum behaviors. Alcohol use disorder was not associated with admission for inpatient psychiatric care, whereas depression clearly was. The cause of this discrepancy must be determined in future research.

Keywords: Alcohol use disorder; Epidemiology; Hospitalization; Suicide.

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All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (5). All participants provided written informed consent.

The study was approved by the Committee for the Protection of Persons, No. ID-RCB: 2017-A00641–52.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Factors associated with hospitalization. The figure represents the OR as an estimate. On the x-axis part of the figure, the left of the y-axis represents outpatient care and the right part inpatient care
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