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Anxiolytic-hypnotic drugs: Relationships between prescribing, abuse and suicide by A. Melander; K. Henricson; P. Stenberg; P. Löwenhielm; J. Malmvik; B. Sternebring; L. Kaij; U. Bergdahl is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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In 1978 the third largest Swedish city, Malmö, known to have the highest suicide frequency in the country, was found to have a higher prescription rate (defined daily doses (DDD) per 1,000 inhabitants per day) of anxiolytic-hypnotic drugs (AHD) than the country, the corresponding county, other counties, and other cities, including the largest (Stockholm) and second largest (Göteborg = Gothenburg) cities. Barbiturate prescribing in Malmö was 40% higher than in Stockholm and 90% higher than in Göteborg, and the frequency of suicide due to barbiturates was three-times higher than in Göteborg. A small proportion (2.4% of all AHD-prescribing doctors) of private practitioners wrote a large percentage (24%) of all AHD prescriptions. Prescription surveillance and an information campaign in Malmö were accompanied by a 4-year decrease in AHD prescribing (12%), in AHD abuse (40%), in barbiturate prescribing (45%), and in barbiturate suicides (70%). The total suicide rate was reduced by 25%. There was no corresponding 4-year increase in suicide due to other drugs, or by other means, but after 5 to 7 years there was an increase in suicide by non-pharmacological means. The contribution of benzod
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- Author
- A. Melander; K. Henricson; P. Stenberg; P. Löwenhielm; J. Malmvik; B. Sternebring; L. Kaij; U. Bergdahl
- Publisher
- Springer; Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 0031-6970)
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)