Citation

Tousignant M, Séguin M, Turecki G, Chawky N, Vanier C, Morissette R, Lesage A. J. Mens Health 2022; 18(2).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, IMR Press)

DOI

10.31083/JOMH.2021.126

PMID

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Abstract

Background and objective: This study aims to verify the role of humiliating events and their context in provoking suicide and the contribution of childhood parental maltreatment.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A family member of consecutive adult male suicides, aged between 18 and 53, was recruited at the Montreal coroner's mortuary for a psychosocial autopsy interview (N = 63) and 7 others through the coroner-in-chief's office. Live events were assessed with the Life Events and Difficulties Schedule (LEDS) and parental maltreatment with the Child Experience of Care and Abuse (CECA) Interview.

RESULTS: Two thirds of the suicides presented most of the following factors: a separation from a partner, half of them involving the man's intractable behavior, financial and marital difficulties, a diagnosis of substance use and/or personality disorder, a history of parental maltreatment and impulsivity. However, other subgroups of men suicide differed significantly from this portrait.

CONCLUSIONS: Humiliation events and parental maltreatment are key factors of men's suicide. Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; suicide; Suicide; male; child abuse; substance use; Substance abuse; major clinical study; personality disorder; behavior; marriage; financial crisis; impulsiveness; Life events; Article; family separation; Adult men; Parental maltreatment