The association between traumatic experiences and suicide attempt in patients treated at the Hospital de Pronto Socorro in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Zatti, Cleonice; Guimarães, Luciano Santos Pinto; Soibelman, Mauro; Semensato, Márcia Rejane; Bastos, Andre Goettems; Calegaro, Vítor Crestani; Freitas, Lúcia Helena Machado

The association between traumatic experiences and suicide attempt in patients treated at the Hospital de Pronto Socorro in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Zatti, Cleonice; Guimarães, Luciano Santos Pinto; Soibelman, Mauro; Semensato, Márcia Rejane; Bastos, Andre Goettems; Calegaro, Vítor Crestani; Freitas, Lúcia Helena Machado.

Trends psychiatry psychother. (Impr.); 42 (1), 2020

Publication year: 2020

Abstract Objective To analyze associations between attempted suicide and childhood trauma. Methods A seven month comparative case-control study (28 subjects - patients with suicide attempt; 56 controls - patients without suicide attempt).

The following instruments were used:

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), and Medical Outcomes Study (MOS).

Results The group with suicide attempt had significantly higher scores for some variables:

emotional abuse (p < 0.001), physical abuse (p < 0.001), emotional neglect (p < 0.001), and physical neglect (p < 0.001). Conclusions The results suggest that variables related to previous trauma may influence future suicide attempts. The adoption of preventive and therapeutic actions related to mistreatments during child development is a crucial factor in reduction of suicide risk.

Adultos Sobrevivientes del Maltrato a los Niños/estadística & datos numéricos, Experiencias Adversas de la Infancia/estadística & datos numéricos, Trauma Psicológico/epidemiología, Intento de Suicidio/estadística & datos numéricos, Brasil/epidemiología, Estudios de Casos y Controles

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