The Association Between Drug Craving and Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior in Chinese Male Methamphetamine Inpatients: The Mediating Effect of Depressive Symptoms
Depressive symptoms serve as a mediator in the relationship between drug craving and STBs in MAUD inpatients. These findings highlight the necessity of incorporating depressive symptoms screening and intervention into addiction treatment which may be related to a lower prevalence of suicide risk.
Authors
- Yang Tian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2125-3805)
- Arsalan Haider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0946-4624)
- Linjun Jiang
- Xinyue Zhang
- Dongmei Wang
- Xiang-Yang Zhang
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology (CZ)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Substance Use & Misuse
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2026.2647132
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00