Späte H, Otto K
Psychiatr Neurol Med Psychol (Leipz). 1979 Mar;31(3):174-83.
A sample of 352 subjects, who had made a suicide attempt by ingesting pills examined in the aspects of age and sex, number and origin of used tablets and combination of pill ingestion with alcohol or other methods. Younger people under 20, took nearly exclusively tablets, which they accidentally found at home. Elder patients over 50, used nearly exclusively prescribed drugs. The typical patients attitudes to this suicidal method gives us the right to speak about such suicide attempts as "attempts by tablets". The pharmacological substance is unimportant and plays a secondary role. The seriousness of suicide attempts depends on topical situation of person, biological and social factors; it does'nt dependent on number or pharmacological substance of tablets.
对352名通过吞服药丸自杀未遂的受试者样本，从年龄、性别、所服用药丸的数量和来源以及吞服药丸与饮酒或其他方法的组合等方面进行了检查。20岁以下的年轻人几乎只服用他们在家中意外找到的药丸。50岁以上的老年患者几乎只使用处方药。典型患者对这种自杀方式的态度使我们有理由将此类自杀未遂称为“吞服药丸自杀未遂”。药理物质并不重要，起次要作用。自杀未遂的严重程度取决于个人的具体情况、生物和社会因素；它不取决于药丸的数量或药理物质。
