@article{ref1,
title="Specific traumatic events elevate the risk of a suicide attempt in a 10-year longitudinal community study on adolescents and young adults",
journal="European child and adolescent psychiatry",
year="2020",
author="Miché, Marcel and Hofer, Patrizia Denise and Voss, Catharina and Meyer, Andrea Hans and Gloster, Andrew Thomas and Beesdo-Baum, Katja and Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich and Lieb, Roselind",
volume="29",
number="2",
pages="179-186",
abstract="Traumatic events (TEs) have been associated with suicide attempts (SAs). However, the empirical status of some TEs is inconclusive. This also concerns community adolescents and young adults, known to be a high-risk group for SAs. We examined associations between (a) a range of prior TEs (physical attack, rape/sexual abuse, serious accident, and witnessing somebody else experiencing a TE) and a subsequent SA, and (b) the number of prior TEs and an SA, and (c) we estimated attributable proportions of SAs, in relation to each TE. Over a 10-year period, the Early Developmental Stages of Psychopathology (EDSP) study prospectively assessed community members, aged 14-24 years at baseline. Starting with 3021 subjects, each individual was assessed up to four times. Assessment was based on the Munich-Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Temporal associations were estimated using the Cox model with time-dependent covariates. Attributable proportions were based on the results of the Cox models. All four TEs elevated the risk for a subsequent SA, adjusting for confounders. Highest risk was found for the combined TE rape/sexual abuse. <br><br>RESULTS showed that 56-90% of SAs could be attributed to TEs in the exposed group; on the population level, attributable proportions ranged between 6.9% and 23.5%. Different TEs have been shown to elevate the risk of an SA in a young community sample. Our results suggest that both health professionals and health policy decision-makers consider specific TEs and the number of prior TEs as risk factors for SAs.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1018-8827",
doi="10.1007/s00787-019-01335-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-019-01335-3"
}