early alcohol use risk_factor_for suicide

EAU may exert risk for SA via the development of more problematic alcohol use, such as an alcohol use disorder.

risk for SA among those reporting EAU was elevated nearly four-fold

participants were excluded if they reported an age of SA onset prior to the age of onset of alcohol use... to maximize the ability to make causal inferences regarding the association between EAU and self-harm

EAU was significantly associated with increased risk for SA (OR=2.56).

linking between EAU and SA

epidemiological research ... implicating EAU among boys and girls as a risk factor for SA

putatively causal link between EAU and SA