TABLE 2.
History of substance use, traumatic events, and stressors among suicide cases and controls
| Suicide cases (Family informant; n = 35) | Control group (Self‐report; n = 53) | p‐value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | ||
| History of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse | 14 | 40.0 | 18 | 34.0 | 0.522 |
| History of violent behavior | 16 | 45.7 | 12 | 22.6 | 0.015 |
| History of alcohol misuse | 11 | 31.4 | 9 | 17.0 | 0.089 |
| Attempt to stop abusing alcohol (past year) | 5 | 14.3 | 3 | 5.7 | 0.149 |
| Recent increase in misuse of alcohol | 3 | 8.6 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.128 |
| History of drug misuse | 8 | 22.9 | 5 | 9.4 | 0.067 |
| Attempt to stop abusing drugs (recent) | 4 | 11.4 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.147 |
| Recent increase in misuse of drugs | 2 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | ‐ |
| Legal troubles | 11 | 31.4 | 6 | 11.3 | 0.014 |
| Major financial difficulties | 10 | 28.6 | 13 | 24.5 | 0.591 |
| Humiliation (among family/ friends/workplace/online/local or national scandal) | 11 | 31.4 | 20 | 37.7 | 0.632 |