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Suicidal ideation among Chinese methadone-maintained patients: prevalence and correlates.
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- Methadone maintenance treatment alters couplings of default mode and salience networks in individuals with heroin use disorder: A longitudinal self-controlled resting-state fMRI study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Development and assessment of a community-based screening tool for mental health disorders among people who inject drugs.Drug and alcohol review · 2022Article
- Case Series of Patients with Opioid Use Disorder and Suicidal Ideation Treated with Buprenorphine.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Effects of treatment status and life quality on anxiety in MMT patients.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Article
- Suicide Attempts and Perceived Social Support among Chinese Drug Users: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Depression.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Relationship Between Buddhist Belief and Suicide Risk in Chinese Persons Undergoing Methadone Maintenance Therapy for Heroin Dependence.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Prevalence and correlates of suicide attempt among Chinese individuals receiving methadone maintenance treatment for heroin dependence.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Frequent nightmares in Chinese patients undergoing methadone maintenance therapy: prevalence, correlates, and their association with functional impairment.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2019Article
- Sexual life satisfaction of methadone-maintained Chinese patients: individuals with pain are dissatisfied with their sex lives.Journal of pain research · 2018Article
- Alcohol Drinking in Chinese Methadone-maintained Clients: A Self-medication for Depression and Anxiety?Journal of addiction medicineArticle
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Abstract
Heroin users are at high risk for suicide. However, the epidemiological profile of suicidal behaviors in Chinese methadone-maintained patients remains largely unknown. This study determined the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation among Chinese methadone-maintained patients. A total of 603 methadone-maintained patients were consecutively recruited from three methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) clinics in Wuhan, China, and administered with standardized questionnaires to collect sociodemographic, clinical, and psychological data. Suicidal ideation was measured with a single self-report question "Have you ever thought about committing suicide?". Depression and anxiety were assessed with Zung's Self-rating Depression Scale and Zung's Self-rating Anxiety Scale, respectively. The one-month and lifetime prevalence rates of suicidal ideation were 17.9% and 58.9%, respectively. In multiple logistic regression, lifetime suicidal ideation was significantly associated with female (OR: 1.69), an educational attainment of primary school and below (OR: 1.47), fair and poor interpersonal relationship (OR: 2.20), a history of injecting heroin (OR: 1.60), depression (OR: 1.38), and anxiety (OR: 4.00). Methadone-maintained patients of MMT clinics have a high prevalence of suicidal ideation and therefore at high risk for suicide. Suicide prevention efforts at MMT clinics should include periodic evaluation of suicidality, psychosocial supports, and, when necessary, psychiatric treatment and crisis intervention.
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