Citation

Bedi S, Nelson EC, Lynskey MT, Mc Cutcheon VV, Heath AC, Madden PAF, Martin NG. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2011; 41(4): 406-415.

Affiliation

Saaniya Bedi, Elliot C. Nelson, Michael T. Lynskey, Vivia V. McCutcheon, Andrew C. Heath, Pamela A.F. Madden, Department of Psychiatry, Midwest Alcoholism Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Nicholas G. Martin, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00040.x

PMID

21599726

Abstract

Earlier studies have found an elevated risk for psychopathology and suicidal behavior associated with childhood sexual abuse (CSA); however, the degree to which risk is mediated by depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in women and men remains unclear. We examined these issues in data from a family study of childhood maltreatment (N = 2,559). We found significant CSA-associated risk for depression, PTSD, and suicidal behavior for women and men. In survival analyses controlling for these disorders, we observed persistent but somewhat reduced CSA-associated risk for suicidal ideation and suicide attempt. Our findings suggest that these disorders partially mediate CSA-associated risk.

Language: en