Alcohol use disorder and non-fatal suicide attempt: findings from a Swedish National Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is associated with increased risk of non-fatal suicide attempt. We aimed to measure the strength and mechanistic nature of the association between AUD and increased suicide attempt and determine any causal pathways and/or shared risk factors.

Design

We used Cox proportional hazards models in population-level and co-relative analyses to evaluate the risk of first non-fatal suicide attempt as a function of previous AUD.

Setting and participants

We used continuously updated longitudinal nationwide Swedish registry data on native Swedes born from 1950 to 1970 (n = 2 229 619) and followed from age 15 until 2012.

Measurements

AUD and suicide attempt were identified using International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-8,

SUBMITTER: Edwards AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481507 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature