TY - BOOK AU - Aliaa Magdy Abdelhay AU - Alia Adel Abdelfattah , AU - Ashraf Adel Foaad , AU - Mostafa Omar Shahin , TI - Suicide risk among patients with substance use disorders / PY - 2015/// CY - Cairo : PB - Aliaa Magdy Abdelhay , KW - Patients KW - Substance use disorders KW - Suicide risk N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Neuropsychiatry; Issued also as CD N2 - The magnitude of the problem of substance use disorders (SUD) in Egypt has been growing lately, both in the amount and severity of the substances used. SUDs have been associated with depression and suicide as well as impulsivity and specific personality traits. This study aimed at comparing suicide risk and its correlates between a random sample of 40 substance users and 40 controls. The severity of the addiction problem among substance users was also assessed. Statistically significant differences were found ER -