BACKGROUND: Using alcohol or drugs to reduce emotional distress (self-medication) has
been proposed as an explanation for the high comorbidity rates between anxiety and …

Background: Self‐medication has been proposed as an explanation for the high rates of
comorbidity between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders; …

While placed on different axes of the DSM classification system, borderline personality disorder
(BPD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have important relationships with trauma…

Suicide is the 15th most common cause of death worldwide. Although relatively uncommon
in the general population, suicide rates are much higher in people with mental health …

No longitudinal study has examined risk factors for future suicide attempts in major
depressive disorder in a nationally representative sample. The objective of this study was to …

Context Self-medication of anxiety symptoms with alcohol, other drugs, or both has been a
plausible mechanism for the co-occurrence of anxiety disorders and substance use disorders. …

Context Suicide bereavement remains understudied and poorly understood. Objectives To
examine outcomes of parents bereaved by the suicide death of their offspring and to compare …

Our objective was to determine whether the presence of an anxiety disorder was a risk
factor for future suicide attempts. Data were drawn from the 13‐year follow‐up Baltimore …

Importance Mood disorders and alcohol dependence frequently co-occur. Etiologic theories
concerning the comorbidity often focus on drinking to self-medicate or cope with affective …

Background Psychiatric comorbidity in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is well known;
however, data from a truly representative sample are sparse. We aimed to estimate the …