Qualitative analysis of blood from patients engaging in deliberate self-harm: Differences between prescribed and detected drugs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While drugs are sometimes taken during deliberate self-harm (DSH), no study has attempted to analyze drugs in the blood of DSH patients and compare them with prescribed medications or other drugs. In this study, drugs were analyzed from the blood of DSH patients, and the detected, prescribed, and suspected drugs were documented.

Methods

Patients who practiced DSH and were transferred to the emergency sites of Fukuoka University Hospital between April 2021 and September 2022 participated in the study. Psychiatrists assessed information such as the history of psychiatric treatment and recent methods of DSH, as well as prescribed drugs within 1 month of presenting to the hospital. Blood samples were analyzed using LC-MS/MS. Participants were divided into groups accor

SUBMITTER: Masuda M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11609748 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature