Means to an end: Characteristics and follow-up of emergency department patients with a history of suicide attempt via medication overdose.
Madeline B BenzNeil S RaffertySarah A AriasAna RabascoIvan MillerLauren M WeinstockEdwin D BoudreauxCarlos A CamargoBrandon A GaudianoPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2024)
Among patients presenting to the ED, females, individuals with bipolar disorder, and patients with a college education, respectively, may be at highest risk for SAs via medication OD. Prospectively, medication OD appears to be a frequent method, even among individuals with no prior attempt via OD, as demonstrated by the high percentage of patients who did not have a medication OD at baseline, but reported a medication OD during follow-up.