Alcohol use in adolescence as a risk factor for overdose in the 1986 Northern Finland Birth Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Overdoses and poisonings are among the most common causes of death in young adults. Adolescent problem drinking has been associated with psychiatric morbidity in young adulthood as well as with elevated risk for suicide attempts. There is limited knowledge on adolescent alcohol use as a risk factor for alcohol and/or drug overdoses in later life.

Methods

Here, data from The Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 study with a follow-up from adolescence to early adulthood were used to assess the associations between adolescent alcohol use and subsequent alcohol or drug overdose. Three predictors were used: age of first intoxication, self-reported alcohol tolerance and frequency of alcohol intoxication in adolescence. ICD-10-coded overdose diagnoses were obtained from na

SUBMITTER: Koivisto MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9527972 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature