Although Brent and Mann (2006) presented their ideas to explain the influence of a parent who has attempted suicide on their adolescent child’s risk for SA, their ideas have wider implications. For example, individuals with AUD are at elevated risk for suicidal behavior (Kessler et al., 1999; Wilcox, Conner, & Caine, 2004) as well as major risk factors for suicidal behavior including depression and externalizing psychopathology (Hasin, Stinson, Ogburn et al., 2007), with increased potential that their children will develop such difficulties (Glowinski et al., 2004), yet there is a meager database on the influences of parents with AUD on offspring SA. Indeed, we were only able to identify one investigation of SA among children of parents with AUD that contained detailed diagnostic interviews with both parents and children (Glowinski et al., 2004). The study was limited to a cross-sectional design. Interestingly, it showed that paternal psychopathology may be especially influential on offspring SA.
