Gambling in patients with major depressive disorder is associated with an elevated risk of Suicide: Insights from 12-years of Nationwide inpatient sample data

CONCLUSIONS: There is a higher risk of suicide, with an upward trend over the years in MDD patients with GD when compared to MDD patients without GD. Also, the prevalence of alcohol abuse was high in the GD group. Increased resource allocation and efforts to raise awareness campaigns for suicide prevention are needed to address the morbidity in this vulnerable patient population.PMID:33676161 | DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106872

Source: Addictive Behaviors - March 6, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Taranjeet Jolly Chintan Trivedi Mahwish Adnan Zeeshan Mansuri Vishesh Agarwal Source Type: research