Abstract
The risk of suicide among patients hospitalized because of dependence on prescribed psychoactive medications was estimated among all 1,537 such patients in Stockholm, Sweden, over an 8-year period. The suicide standardized mortality ratio was 41.0 among the women and 45.6 among the men who were dependent on such medications alone. It was of a similar magnitude (50.4 and 30.6) among women and men with concurrent alcohol/street-drug abuse. Among all deaths, 38% were suicides. Primary and secondary psychiatric disorders were common. To reduce the suicide risk, professional treatment intervention should entail thorough diagnostic assessment, behavioral/cognitive therapy, and a judicious use of psychoactive medications for anxiety, affective, and personality disorders.
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