Preliminary Analysis of Low-level Alcohol Use and Suicidality with Children in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) Baseline Cohort

Overview

Journal Psychiatry Res

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2021 Mar 13

PMID 33713937

Citations 5

Authors

Laika D Aguinaldo

Aimee Goldstone

Brant P Hasler

David A Brent

Clarisa Coronado

Joanna Jacobus

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Abstract

Cross-sectional analyses were conducted in the baseline cohort of the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study to determine if lifetime low-level alcohol use was associated with an increased likelihood of lifetime suicidality (N=10,773, ages 9-10). Among the lifetime suicide ideation and attempt groups, 37.7% and 36.2% reported lifetime low-level alcohol use, respectively; versus 22.2% in the non-suicidality group. Children reporting lifetime alcohol use (i.e., ≥ a sip) showed a nearly two-fold increase in their odds of lifetime suicidality compared to those with no previous alcohol use. Future prospective research with this cohort will continue to probe alcohol-suicidality associations.

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