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Smoking, Suicidality and Psychosis: A Systematic Meta-Analysis

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Sankaranarayanan, Anoop, Mancuso, Serafino, Wilding, Helen, Ghuloum, Suhaila, Castle, David·2015·PLOS ONE

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The aim of this study is to systematically review the literature that explored the association between smoking and suicidal risk among those with serious mental illness and to estimate the risk of suicidal behaviors attributable to smoking among this patient group. Multiple databases (CINAHL, PsycINFO, EMBASE, Informit Health Collection and the Cochrane Library databases) were searched from 1 January 1975 through 15 January 2014, along with references from relevant articles for observational studies that ascertained the association between smoking and suicidal behaviors among patients with psychotic disorders conducted in adult patients. Thirteen studies involving 6813 patients with severe mental illness were included. We found that smoking was significantly associated with suicidality in psychosis with an Odds Ratio of 2.12 (95% CI 1.67-2.7). Smoking is associated with suicidal risk amongst individuals with a severe mental illness; however, it is still unclear whether this represents a true risk factor or a confounder or a mediator via mechanisms, hitherto unknown, needs to be studied further.

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  • Smoking is associated with heightened prospective risk of mental disorders, earlier age of onset, and adverse outcomes in those living with mental illness.

    “These findings are in line with multiple meta-analyses showing that smoking is associated with a heightened prospective risk of mental disorders, earlier age of onset, and adverse outcomes in those living with mental illness 53,54 .”

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    The Discussion reports that smoking is associated with suicidal behaviours among people with severe mental illness (pooled odds ratio 2.12), supporting a specific adverse outcome. It also says previous research suggests smoking might increase the risk of mental illness, but does not establish the claimed heightened prospective risk. The Introduction notes that smoking can predate psychosis; it does not say smoking is associated with an earlier age of onset. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Sankaranarayanan, A., Mancuso, S., Wilding, H., Ghuloum, S., & Castle, D.
Affiliations
  • Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (QA)
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
Corresponding author
Sankaranarayanan, Anoop
Venue
PLOS ONE
Published
2015-09-15
Volume
10
Issue
9
Pages
e0138147
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2219115282
Cited by
24
References
102
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1
FWCI
2.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
Hamad Medical Corporation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
Keywords
smoking, suicidality, psychosis, severe mental illness, suicide risk, attributable risk, confounding, mediation, tobacco use
MeSH terms
Humans, Psychotic Disorders, Smoking, Suicide

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