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ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2024

The role of alcohol use in pesticide suicide and self-harm: a scoping review.

Lisa Schölin, K S Kylie Lee, Leslie London, Melissa Pearson, Fredrick Otieno, Manjula Weerasinghe, Flemming Konradsen, Michael Eddleston, Jane Brandt Sørensen

Erratum issuedOpen access · hybridAbstract readScoping Review
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Article in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Lisa SchölinCentre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. lisa.scholin@ed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1348-672X
K S Kylie LeeFaculty of Medicine and Health, Central Clinical School, The University of Sydney, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous Health and Alcohol, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5410-9464
Leslie LondonSchool of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1297-2758
Melissa PearsonCentre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6683-3628
Fredrick OtienoCentre for Environment Justice and Development (CEJAD), Nairobi, Kenya.
Manjula WeerasingheCentre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6105-7989
Flemming KonradsenDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1036-6949
Michael EddlestonCentre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6857-3441
Jane Brandt SørensenDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1702-280X
University of Edinburgh · GBUniversity of Copenhagen · DKRajarata University of Sri Lanka · LKThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Cape Town · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSuicide and self-harm by pesticide self-poisoning is common in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Alcohol is an important risk factor for self-harm; however, little is known about its role in pesticide self-poisoning. This scoping review explores the role that alcohol plays in pesticide self-harm and suicide.

methodsThe review followed the Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review guidance. Searches were undertaken in 14 databases, Google Scholar, and relevant websites. Articles were included if they focussed on pesticide self-harm and/or suicide and involvement of alcohol.

resultsFollowing screening of 1281 articles, 52 were included. Almost half were case reports (n = 24) and 16 focussed on Sri Lanka. Just over half described the acute impact of alcohol (n = 286), followed by acute and chronic alcohol use (n = 9), chronic use, (n = 4,) and only two articles addressed harm to others. One systematic review/meta-analysis showed increased risk of intubation and death in patients with co-ingested alcohol and pesticides. Most individuals who consumed alcohol before self-harming with pesticides were men, but alcohol use among this group also led to pesticide self-harm among family members. Individual interventions were recognised as reducing or moderating alcohol use, but no study discussed population-level alcohol interventions as a strategy for pesticide suicide and self-harm prevention.

conclusionResearch on alcohol's role in pesticide self-harm and suicide is limited. Future studies are needed to: further assess the toxicological effects of combined alcohol and pesticide ingestion, explore harm to others from alcohol including pesticide self-harm, and to integrate efforts to prevent harmful alcohol use and self-harm.

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Alcohol DrinkingPesticidesSelf-Injurious BehaviorSuicideFemaleHumansMaleRisk FactorsSri LankaPesticidesAlcoholAlcohol use disorderPesticidesSelf-harmSuicide

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