Citation

Kim J, Fan B, Liu X, Kerner N, Wu P. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2011; 41(4): 435-444.

Affiliation

Jueun Kim, Nancy Kerner, Ping Wu, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; BinFan, PingWu, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; and XinhuaLiu,PingWu, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00043.x

PMID

21631573

PMCID

PMC3152632

Abstract

The relationship between ecstasy use and suicidal behavior among adolescents in the United States was examined. Data from the adolescent subsample (ages 12-17, N = 19,301) of the 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse were used in the analyses. Information on adolescent substance use, suicidal behaviors, and related sociodemographic, family, and individual factors was obtained in the survey. The rate of past year suicide attempt among adolescents with lifetime ecstasy use was almost double that of adolescents who had used other drugs only, and nine times that of adolescents with no history of illicit drug use. In multinomial logistic regression analyses controlling for related factors, the effect of ecstasy use remained significant. Adolescent ecstasy users may require enhanced suicide prevention and intervention efforts.

Language: en