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Drug-Related Suicide Attempts: Teens and Young Adults

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Two recent reports from SAMHSA’s Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) examine emergency department (ED) visits for drug-related suicide attempts by youth age 12 to 17 and young adults age 18 to 24.




Selected Substances: Drug-Related Suicide Attempts by Young Adults
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* The alcohol category includes visits involving alcohol taken in combination with other drugs for all patients and visits involving just alcohol for patients age 18 to 20. DAWN does not track alcohol-only visits for patients age 21 or older.

Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies (May 25, 2010). Figure 1. Selected Substances Involved in Emergency Department (ED) Visits for Drug-Related Suicide Attempts by Young Adults, by Gender: 2008. The DAWN Report: Emergency Department Visits for Drug-Related Suicide Attempts by Young Adults Age 18 to 24: 2008. Rockville, MD.

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