Healio (7/11, Bascom) reports, “The prevalence of suicide ideation is comparable across people of all racial and ethnic groups who have alcohol use disorder” (AUD), “but those from underrepresented groups are less likely to be diagnosed,” according to findings published online June 19 ahead of print in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Utilizing “National Emergency Department Sample data from 2019, the researchers learned that patients from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations had significantly fewer suicide ideation diagnoses, which they wrote is ‘a key step in” emergency department “‘suicide prevention care,’ than white patients.”
Related Links:
— “Study reveals ‘concerning’ racial, ethnic disparities for suicide ideation diagnoses,”Emma Bascom, Healio, July 11, 2023