Prevalence of Suicidal Behavior and Associated Clinical Correlates in Patients with Behavioral Addictions
Valenciano-Mendoza, Eduardo (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge)
Fernández-Aranda, Fernando (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències Clíniques)
Granero, Roser (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut)
Gomez-Peña, Mónica (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge)
Moragas, Laura (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge)
Mora-Maltas, Bernat (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge)
Håkansson, Anders (Lund University. Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Psychiatry)
Menchón, José M. (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge)
Jiménez-Murcia, Susana (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències Clíniques)
Region Skåne, Malmö Addiction Center. Gambling Disorder Unit
Instituto de Salud Carlos III. CIBER Salud Mental (CIBERSAM)

Date:	2021
Abstract:	Addictive disorders are characterized by severe consequences, including suicidal events, but most studies investigating the association between addiction and suicidal risk have focused on substance use disorders and gambling disorder at the expense of the rest of behavioral addictions. This study examined the prevalence and the associated clinical correlates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in a sample of patients with a diagnosis of behavioral addiction. The total sample consisted of 4404 individuals: 4103 of these patients with gambling disorder, 99 with gaming disorder, 44 with sex addiction, and 158 with buying-shopping disorder. All of them were assessed consecutively at a specialized hospital unit for the treatment of behavioral addictions. Participants attended two clinical interviews and completed self-reported questionnaires to explore clinical features of behavioral addictions, personality traits, psychopathological symptomatology, suicidal behavior, and sociodemographic variables. The highest prevalence of suicidal ideation was found in patients with gambling disorder (22. 9%), followed by buying-shopping disorder (18. 4%), sex addiction (18. 2%), and gaming disorder (6. 1%). The highest prevalence of suicide attempts was registered for sex addiction (9. 1%), followed by buying-shopping disorder (7. 6%), gambling disorder (6. 7%), and gaming disorder (3. 0%). Female gender and unemployment constituted two relevant sociodemographic factors associated with suicidal risk in gambling disorder, gaming disorder, and buying-shopping disorder. Lack of family support appeared as a relevant risk factor, except for gaming disorder. These results pointed out that suicide is a prevalent behavior in behavioral addictions, and clinicians and researchers need to pay particular attention to the specificities of each behavioral addiction when assessing suicidal risk.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Suicide ; Behavioral addiction ; Sociodemographic factors ; Personality traits ; Psychopathology
Published in:	International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol. 18 (october 2021) , ISSN 1660-4601

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111085
PMID: 34769603

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