An Epidemiologic, Longitudinal, and Discordant-Twin Study of the Association Between Gambling Disorder and Suicidal Behaviors.

ABSTRACT: Gambling disorder is associated with suicidal behaviors, but it is not clear whether the association is due to common etiologic factors or to gambling disorder being causally related to suicidality. This question was examined from epidemiologic, longitudinal, and discordant twin study perspectives. The results suggested that the causes of the association with disordered gambling differed for suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt, and differed for men and women. The association of suicidal thoughts with disordered gambling was non-causally explained by common genetic influences among women (but not men). Conversely, there was evidence consistent with a potentially causal influence of disordered gambling on suicide attempt among men (but not women), which might have been related to gambling-r

SUBMITTER: Slutske WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9467287 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature