@article{ref1,
title="Identification of adverse childhood experiences strongly predicting suicidal behaviour among emerging adults in Montenegro and Romania: a new way to targeted cost-effective prevention",
journal="Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanità",
year="2018",
author="Brajović, Mina and Bellis, Mark and Kukec, Andreja and Terzić, Nataša and Baban, Adriana and Sethi, Dinesh and Zaletel-Kragelj, Lijana",
volume="54",
number="4",
pages="348-357",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Aiming at generating evidence for cost-effective public health (PH) interventions for suicidal behaviour (SB) prevention in South Eastern Europe, the objective was to identify adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) most strongly predicting SB in emerging adults. <br><br>METHODS: Survey data of 3283 students aged 18-29 from Montenegro and Romania were analysed by logistic regression. Based on estimation of risk-for-SB, the profiles with the highest values were identified. <br><br>RESULTS: The SB odds were the highest in respondents, experienced a suicide attempt in the household (OR: 13.81; p < 0.001), and whose primary family was not complete, in particular in those with the foster family background (OR: 18.30; p = 0.001). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Magnitude of impact on emerging adults' mental health vulnerability tends to vary considerably with individual ACEs. This should be considered carefully when developing cost-effective response to SB burden through PH interventions in particular at the times of financial crises and in scarce resources settings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-2571",
doi="10.4415/ANN_18_04_12",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4415/ANN_18_04_12"
}