@article{ref1,
title="The associations among childhood maltreatment, "male depression" and suicide risk in psychiatric patients",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="2014",
author="Pompili, Maurizio and Innamorati, Marco and Lamis, Dorian A. and Erbuto, Denise and Venturini, Paola and Ricci, Federica and Serafini, Gianluca and Amore, Mario and Girardi, Paolo",
volume="220",
number="1-2",
pages="571-578",
abstract="In the current cross-sectional study, we aimed to investigate the presence and severity of &quot;male&quot; depressive symptoms and suicidal behaviors in psychiatric patients with and without a history of child abuse and neglect, as measured by the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), as well as to explore the associations among childhood maltreatment, &quot;male depression&quot; and suicide risk. The sample consisted of 163 consecutively admitted adult inpatients (80 men; 83 women). The patients were administered the CTQ, Gotland Male Depression Scale (GMDS), and Suicidal History Self-Rating Screening Scale (SHSS). Those with a moderate-severe childhood maltreatment history were more likely to be female (p<0.05) and reported more &quot;male depression&quot; (p<0.001) and suicidal behaviors (p<0.01) as compared to those not having or having a minimal history of child abuse and neglect. In the multivariate analysis, only the minimization/denial scale of the CTQ (odds ratio=0.31; p<0.001) and &quot;male depression&quot; (odds ratio=1.83; p<0.05) were independently associated with moderate/severe history of child maltreatment. The findings suggest that exposure to abuse and neglect as a child may increase the risk of subsequent symptoms of &quot;male depression&quot;, which has been associated with higher suicidal risk.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="10.1016/j.psychres.2014.07.056",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.07.056"
}