Substance and Mood Disorder Comorbidity
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Results: Of the 109 suicide deaths identified by the coroner at the time of the study, we were able to investigate 102. At time of death, 65% of the suicide victims had a mood disorder, 59% had a substance-related disorder, and 42% had concurrent mood and substance-related disorders. The lifetime prevalence of substance-related disorders among these suicide victims was 66%. Finally, 52% of the suicide victims presented with a personality disorder; one-half of these were of the cluster B type.
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