Correlates of Suicidal Ideation in Alcohol Dependence Patients

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Background: Increased incidence of suicide has been implicated in older age Alcohol dependence patients compared to other age groups and non-alcohol users. Aim: To study positive and negative aspects of suicidal ideas among alcohol dependence patients and compare it with controls. Method: In this cross-sectional, analytical study, 120 adults over the age of 18 years were used as cases with alcohol consumption, and an equal number of adults with no alcohol use and no psychiatric disease were used as controls. Alcohol dependence was ruled out in controls using the AUDIT-C test. On both groups, the Positive and Negative Suicidal Ideation Scale (PANSI) was used.