The relative toxicity of medicines detected after poisoning suicide deaths in Australia, 2013–19: a data linkage case series study
To reduce the risk of suicide, access to medicines of greater toxicity and lethality should be restricted, including by staged supply (regular supply of medicines in limited quantities), and limiting pack sizes; real-time prescription monitoring could detect and minimise stockpiling.
Authors
- Jennifer Schumann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8870-6272)
- Andrea L. Schaffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3701-4997)
- Kate M. Chitty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7119-8953)
- Rose Cairns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8946-5079)
- Nicholas A. Buckley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6326-4711)
- Jessy S. Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3345-782X)
- Zein Ali
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Children's Hospital at Westmead (AU)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Medical Journal of Australia
- Published
- 2025-03-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52638
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 13.52
Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council