Risk Factors for Suicide Attempt in Drug Abusers

The present study was conducted to identify risk and prediction factors of suicide attempts among drug abusers. This causal-comparative study was conducted on 91 drug abusers that included 42 male and female suicide attempters and 49 male and female counterparts. Millon multi-axial personality inventory-II (MCMI-II)، Dass-42 (depression، anxiety، stress)، and coping styles inventory were used for data collection purposes. The highest rate of suicide attempt was found in young male drug abusers with these characteristics: single، junior school graduate، unemployed، suicide history، sex and physical abuse history during childhood، legal problems، suicide and self-injury witness، and violence and suicide in family members. Compared to non-attempters، suicide attempters obtained higher scores in depressive، obsessive، masochistic، and borderline personality disorders; clinical somatoform symptoms، alcohol abuse in addition to drug use، major depressive disorder، and stress. Suicide attempters also used lower levels of task-focused and avoidance-focused strategies and higher levels of emotion-focused strategies to cope with stressors. The findings of this study can contribute to suicide identification and prevention among drug abusers.