Childhood Exposure to Psychological Trauma and the Risk of Suicide Attempts: The Modulating Effect of Psychiatric Disorders
Psychiatry Investigation
;
: 171-176, 2015.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-17593
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
We examined whether childhood exposure to psychological trauma is associated with greater suicidality and whether specific psychiatric disorders modulate this association in a representative sample of Korean adults.METHODS:
The Korean version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview 2.1 was administered to 6,027 subjects aged 18-74 years. Subjects who experienced a traumatic event before the age of 18 years, the childhood-trauma-exposure group, were compared with controls without childhood trauma exposure.RESULTS:
Childhood exposure to psychological trauma was associated with lifetime suicidal ideation (OR=3.19, 95% CI=2.42-4.20), suicide plans (OR=4.15, 95% CI=2.68-6.43), and suicide attempts (OR=4.52, 95% CI=2.97-6.88). These associations weakened after further adjustment for any psychiatric disorders, but they were not eliminated. The risk of suicide attempts related to childhood trauma increased with the presence of a concurrent alcohol use, depressive, or eating disorder.CONCLUSION:
In terms of clinical implications, patients with these disorders who have a history of childhood trauma should be carefully assessed for their suicide risk and aggressively treated for psychiatric disorders.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Suicide
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Feeding and Eating Disorders
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Suicidal Ideation
Type of study:
Etiology study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Psychiatry Investigation
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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