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The DAWN Report: Emergency Department Visits for Drug-Related Suicide Attempts Involving Antidepressants by Adolescents and Young Adults: 2004 to 2008

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In 2008, adolescents made 23,124 visits to the emergency department (ED) for drug-related suicide attempts, and young adults made 38,036 such visits; of these visits, 23.0 percent (5,312 visits) among adolescents and 17.6 percent (6,700 visits) among young adults involved antidepressants. Among ED visits for suicide attempts involving antidepressants, more than two thirds of visits by adolescents (68.4 percent) and more than three fourths of visits by young adults (78.0 percent) involved other substances in addition to antidepressants. One tenth (10.2 percent) of visits by adolescents and nearly one fourth (22.6 percent) of those made by young adults involved antidepressants in combination with alcohol. One third (32.9 percent) of visits for drug-related suicide attempts made by adolescents and one half (49.4 percent) of visits made by young adults resulted in hospitalization.

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This Short Report The DAWN Report: Emergency Department Visits for Drug-Related Suicide Attempts Involving Antidepressants by Adolescents and Young Adults: 2004 to 2008 is based on the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.

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