Suicidal behavior and alcohol: estimation of correlations at the population level

The aim of the study was to investigate the alcoholic factor for suicidal behaviour on the example of the Baikal region. It was found that suicides are closely related to alcohol mortality and morbidity alcohol psychosis. Frequency of drinking alcohol while completed suicide is higher than in the attempt (57,8% and 45,8%, respectively), while the presence of alcohol favors the choice of suicide more brutal way. We found that the suicides are 38,0% of deaths observed alcohol intoxication severe and/or poisoning with ethyl alcohol. At the same time when parasuicide committed in a state of alcoholic intoxication, in the structure of mental and behavioral disorders 70,3% alcoholism. The results presented provide an opportunity to discuss new approaches to the prevention of suicide and attempted suicide, one of which is the reduction of alcohol consumption in the population.