TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Identification of adverse childhood experiences strongly predicting suicidal behaviour among emerging adults in Montenegro and Romania: a new way to targeted cost-effective prevention
JO  - Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanità
A1  - Brajović, Mina
A1  - Bellis, Mark
A1  - Kukec, Andreja
A1  - Terzić, Nataša
A1  - Baban, Adriana
A1  - Sethi, Dinesh
A1  - Zaletel-Kragelj, Lijana
SP  - 348
EP  - 357
VL  - 54
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-2571
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4415/ANN_18_04_12
ID  - ref1
ER  -