Increased Risks for Suicide, Self-Harm, Substance Use, and Psychiatric Disorders in Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Nationwide Study in the United States From 2007 to 2017

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2024 Jan 5;30(1):150-153. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izad062.
No abstract available

Keywords: inflammatory bowel disease; mental health; self-harm; suicide.

Plain language summary

In an analysis of over 260 million emergency department visits across the United States from 2007 to 2017, inflammatory bowel disease conferred >10-fold risk for suicide deaths, self-harm, substance use, and psychiatric disorders, though the overall self-harm rates were low (<1% of all-cause inflammatory bowel disease emergency department visits; total 56 suicide deaths).

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases* / complications
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Mental Disorders* / epidemiology
  • Self-Injurious Behavior* / epidemiology
  • Self-Injurious Behavior* / psychology
  • Substance-Related Disorders* / complications
  • Substance-Related Disorders* / epidemiology
  • Suicide* / psychology
  • United States / epidemiology

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