TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk for suicidal thoughts and behavior after childhood sexual abuse in women and men
AU - Bedi, Saaniya
AU - Nelson, Elliot C.
AU - Lynskey, Michael T.
AU - Mc Cutcheon, Vivia V.
AU - Heath, Andrew C.
AU - Madden, Pamela A.F.
AU - Martin, Nicholas G.
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - Earlier studies have found an elevated risk for psychopathology and suicidal behavior associated with childhood sexual abuse (CSA); however, the degree to which risk is mediated by depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in women and men remains unclear. We examined these issues in data from a family study of childhood maltreatment (N = 2,559). We found significant CSA-associated risk for depression, PTSD, and suicidal behavior for women and men. In survival analyses controlling for these disorders, we observed persistent but somewhat reduced CSA-associated risk for suicidal ideation and suicide attempt. Our findings suggest that these disorders partially mediate CSA-associated risk.
AB - Earlier studies have found an elevated risk for psychopathology and suicidal behavior associated with childhood sexual abuse (CSA); however, the degree to which risk is mediated by depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in women and men remains unclear. We examined these issues in data from a family study of childhood maltreatment (N = 2,559). We found significant CSA-associated risk for depression, PTSD, and suicidal behavior for women and men. In survival analyses controlling for these disorders, we observed persistent but somewhat reduced CSA-associated risk for suicidal ideation and suicide attempt. Our findings suggest that these disorders partially mediate CSA-associated risk.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00040.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00040.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 21599726
AN - SCOPUS:80051489947
SN - 0363-0234
VL - 41
SP - 406
EP - 415
JO - Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
JF - Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
IS - 4
ER -