Methamphetamine - UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Predictors of SA‣ 28.7% (n=151) of MA dependent patients atfollow-up had attempted suicide in their lifetime‣ After controlling for age, marital status,education and lifetime MA use, five risk factorsfor lifetime SA included:• BDI>20 (OR=1.8, 95% C.I., 1.1-2.9)• Female gender (OR=2.0, C.I., 1.1-3.6)• IV use (OR=2.2, C.I., 1.2-3.9)• Psychiatric admission hx (OR=1.7, C.I., 1.2-2.3)2.3)• Serious depression hx (OR=3.1, C.I., 1.7-5.4)