Citation

Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Rasmussen T, Lange T. Pers. Individ. Dif. 2014; 60: S24.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.022

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

We investigated the temporal relationship of parental morbidity and mortality with offspring's suicide attempt and whether any such association was modified by offspring's age at attempt. We designed a matched case-control study through register linkage. Cases comprised all individuals in Sweden born 1973-1983 with inpatient care due to suicide attempt (15-31 years old, N = 15 193). Regression models were applied. Particularly for women, most parental markers showed the strongest effect sizes if exposure was short-term (within 2 years after exposure) and related to the mother. Regarding exposure to parental inpatient care due to psychiatric diagnoses, short-term as opposed to long-term (exceeding 2 years after exposure) effects were highest during adolescence and decreased significantly with age for female and male offspring, respectively. The results suggest that the high short-term risks of suicide attempt in case of exposure to parental psychopathology and suicidal behavior are of direct clinical importance.