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Citation

Hestetun I, Ystgaard M, Loeb M, Mehlum L. Psychiatr. Danub. 2006; 18(Suppl 1): 85.

Affiliation

Suicide Research and Prevention Unit, University of Oslo, Sognsvannsveien 21, bygg 12, 0320 Oslo, Norway. (ingebjorg.hestetun@medisin.uio.no)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Facultas Universitatis Studiorum Zagrabiensis - Danube Symposion of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16964004

Abstract

Objective: It is hypothesized that within a group of suicide attempters childhood abuse increases risk of later accumulation of negative events and continual difficulties. Method: 64 patients aged 16 - 80 yrs. were interviewed one year after a suicide attempt using the Life Events and Difficulties Schedule and the Childhood Experiences of Care and Abuse Schedule. Sense of coherence and Dissociated experiences scales were also administered. Results: During the year following the suicide attempt those who had been abused in childhood experienced a higher number of difficulties and negative life events dependent of their own behavior. In a regression analysis with four childhood abuse and neglect variables, sexual abuse was the only factor that was statistically significant. The abused group had a higher tendency to dissociate, and a lower sense of coherence. Conclusion: Suicide attempters with a history of childhood adversities experience a higher burden of negative life events and difficulties later in life; in part brought about by themselves. Childhood sexual abuse seems to be critical. The abused group demonstrated a higher tendency to dissociate, and seemed to experience the world as less comprehensible and meaningful. Implications for our understanding of the suicidal process and treatment are discussed.


Language: en

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