Ecstasy Use and Suicidal Behavior among Adolescents: Findings from a National Survey

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...

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Published in:Suicide & life-threatening behavior 2011-08, Vol.41 (4), p.435-444
Main Authors: Kim, Jueun, Fan, Bin, Liu, Xinhua, Kerner, Nancy, Wu, Ping
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Age Factors
At Risk Persons
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Correlation
Data Collection
Drug Abuse
Drug addiction
Drug prevention
Drug use
Family - psychology
Family Influence
Female
Humans
Individual Characteristics
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine - adverse effects
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
National Surveys
Prevention
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Regression analysis
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomic Influences
Substance-Related Disorders - complications
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide
Suicides & suicide attempts
Teenagers
United States
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0363-0234
1943-278X
DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00043.x