Can pharmacotherapy prevent alcohol driven suicides?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1122362

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

In Australia, suicide is the leading cause of death for young people and the 5th highest for people in their middle age. Harmful use of alcohol can be attributed to around a third of suicides, and there is evidence that alcohol related suicides represent a clinically distinct type of suicide. This research aims to identify medications that have the potential prevent alcohol related suicides by targeting behaviours associated with alcohol use.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2020

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $318,768.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

alcohol | alcohol and behaviour | clinical pharmacology | medications | suicide

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