%0 Journal Article
%T A case for identifying smoking in presentations to the emergency department with suicidality
%A Kay Wilhelm
%A Prasuna Reddy
%A Tonelle Handley
%J Australasian Psychiatry
%@ 1440-1665
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1039856218757638
%X The aim of this study was to identify mental health and lifestyle factors predicting smoking among people at high risk of suicidal behaviour. Participants (n = 363) completed self-report mental health and lifestyle measures at first appointment in a hospital clinic following presentation to the emergency department for deliberate self-harm or suicidal ideation. The rate of daily smoking in this group, 61.4%, is more than four times the rate observed in the general population. Those with a history of previous deliberate self-harm were twice as likely to be smokers. Each one-point increase in poor health behaviours increased the odds of smoking by 22%. Identifying and managing smoking and related lifestyle behaviours are important considerations in routine clinical assessments
%K smoking
%K deliberate self-harm
%K ED clinic intervention
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1039856218757638