Adverse childhood experiences and risk of suicide and substance-related mortality through middle adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have prospectively examined whether adverse childhood experiences contribute to suicide or substance-related mortality. Moreover, children are often exposed to multiple adversities making it critical to identify which clusters of adversities are most harmful for these outcomes. Accordingly, we investigated risk for suicide and substance-related mortality based on the number and clusters of adversities children were exposed to.

Methods

Identifying information from 49,853 offspring born between 1959 and 1966 to participants in the Collaborative Perinatal Project was linked to the National Death Index to determine vital status by the end of 2016. We examined associations of the total number of adversities and five clusters of adversity (Low Adversity, Par

SUBMITTER: Govender T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11786963 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature