%0 Journal Article
%T Childhood exposure to psychological trauma and the risk of suicide attempts: the modulating effect of psychiatric disorders
%J Psychiatry investigation
%D 2015
%A Park, Subin
%A Hong, Jin Pyo
%A Jeon, Hong Jin
%A Seong, Sujeong
%A Cho, Maeng Je
%V 12
%N 2
%P 171-176
%X OBJECTIVE: We examined whether childhood exposure to psychological trauma is associated with greater suicidality and whether specific psychiatric disorders modulate this association in a representative sample of Korean adults. <br><br>METHODS: The Korean version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview 2.1 was administered to 6,027 subjects aged 18-74 years. Subjects who experienced a traumatic event before the age of 18 years, the childhood-trauma-exposure group, were compared with controls without childhood trauma exposure. <br><br>RESULTS: Childhood exposure to psychological trauma was associated with lifetime suicidal ideation (OR=3.19, 95% CI=2.42-4.20), suicide plans (OR=4.15, 95% CI=2.68-6.43), and suicide attempts (OR=4.52, 95% CI=2.97-6.88). These associations weakened after further adjustment for any psychiatric disorders, but they were not eliminated. The risk of suicide attempts related to childhood trauma increased with the presence of a concurrent alcohol use, depressive, or eating disorder. <br><br>CONCLUSION: In terms of clinical implications, patients with these disorders who have a history of childhood trauma should be carefully assessed for their suicide risk and aggressively treated for psychiatric disorders.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
%@ 1738-3684
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2015.12.2.171