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Citation

Gal G, Levav I, Gross R. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2012; 42(5): 580-588.

Affiliation

Gilad Gal, School of Behavioral Sciences, Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College, Tel Aviv, Israel; Itzhak Levav, Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel and Department of Community Mental Health, Faculty of Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel; and Raz Gross, Department of Epidemiology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00118.x

PMID

22931508

Abstract

The association between childhood and adolescent abuse and suicidal behavior, and the possible contribution of abuse to sex differences in non lethal suicidal behavior, was investigated. Data were extracted from the Israel-based component of the WHO World Mental Health Survey (Kessler & Utsun, 2008a). Increased risk for ideation, plan, and suicidal attempt were associated with childhood abuse, and increased risk for attempt was associated also with abuse at adolescence. No associations with sex or sex by abuse interactions were observed. The higher frequency of childhood abuse among women could account in part for their higher rates of suicidal attempts as compared to men.


Language: en

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