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Influence of childhood abuse and neglect subtypes on late-life suicide risk beyond depression.
10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.03.029
29631256
Behr Gomes Jardim
G.
author
Novelo
M.
author
Spanemberg
L.
author
von Gunten
A.
author
Engroff
P.
author
Nogueira
E.L.
author
Cataldo Neto
A.
author
article
2018-06
Child abuse & neglect
1873-7757
0145-2134
journal
80
249-256
The association of childhood maltreatment and suicide has been extensively examined within the population. Depression figures as a main cause for the elevated suicide rate in advanced ages and is often related to childhood maltreatment. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between childhood maltreatment subtypes and suicide risk, testing geriatric depression as a moderator. This is a cross-sectional study looking at a sample of 449 individuals 60 year s old or older from the Multidimensional Study of the Elderly of Porto Alegre Family Health Strategy, Brazil (EMI-SUS/POA). Childhood maltreatment (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire), geriatric depressive symptoms (Geriatric Depression Scale), and suicide risk (Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview) were assessed. The subtypes of childhood abuse and neglect were significantly associated with suicide risk. In the multivariate analysis, controlling for age, gender, income, marital status, ethnicity, smoking, and geriatric depression symptoms, all trauma subtypes remained associated with suicide risk with the exception of physical neglect (EA = 3.65; PA = 3.16; SA = 5.1; EN = 2.43; PN = 1.76). The present study showed that childhood maltreatment subtypes predicted suicide risk, and geriatric depression does not directly mediate this relation.
Childhood maltreatment
Elderly
Geriatric depression
Suicide risk
eng
60_published
peer-reviewed
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
University of Lausanne
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