Figure 1 presents the means and rates for clinical and psychiatric comorbidities cross those with and without a history of SA. Participants with AUD who had attempted suicide were significantly more likely to have been exposed to traumatic events in their life, regardless of the type of trauma (sexual, assaultive and non-assaultive). Additionally, those who reported suicide attempt also had significantly higher lifetime rates of major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder relative to those who had not attempted suicide. In terms of comorbid substance use addition, participants that reported attempting suicide had higher family history densities of AUD (Pandey et al., 2020), started drinking at an earlier age, had more severe indicators of alcohol-related problems, and had higher rates of meeting lifetime criteria for other SUDs (cocaine, nicotine, sedative, and stimulant). In total, those with AUD who report suicide attempt seem to be more severely affected for other psychiatric and substance use disorders.
