title: Ecstasy use and suicidal behavior among adolescents: findings from a national survey.
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.
authors.affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Jueun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Xinhua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kerner
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine