Association between benzodiazepines and suicide risk: a matched case-control study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether benzodiazepines increase the risk of suicide. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that benzodiazepines are associated with an increased risk of suicide, by comparing psychopharmacological interventions between psychiatric patients who committed suicide and a group of matched controls. METHODS:The case group comprised 154 psychiatric patients (101 men, 53 women; age range: 13-96 years) who had committed suicide in Örebro County, Sweden. Control psychiatric patients matched by age, sex, and main psychiatric diagnosis were selected for each case. Binary logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios in unadjusted and adjusted models. RESULTS:Benzodiazepine prescriptions were more common among cases than controls (65/154 [42.2%] versus 43/15

SUBMITTER: Cato V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6815437 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature