TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Childhood diagnoses and later risk for multiple suicide attempts
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Rumzek, Harold
A1  - Joiner, Thomas E.
A1  - Rudd, Michael David
SP  - 113
EP  - 125
VL  - 34
IS  - 2
N2  - The relationship between childhood diagnosis, personality psychopathology and suicidal behavior in young adulthood was explored in a sample of 327 suicide ideators, single attempters, and multiple attempters. Of the total sample, 174 received at least one childhood diagnosis; the 153 without a diagnosis provided a comparison group. Results suggest that a childhood history of an anxiety disorder or major depression predispose a person to both later multiple suicide attempts and personality psychopathology. Gender was found to play a significant role, with females being predisposed to multiple attempts in young adulthood but only as a function of childhood anxiety, not major depression. Additionally, childhood anxiety disorders were found to predispose to multiple attempts as a function of personality psychopathology, with distinctly different paths for males and females. Implications are discussed in terms of etiology, prevention, and treatment.
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SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -