1. Childhood trauma and suicide risk in a sample of young individuals aged 14-35 years in southern Brazil
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Ricardo Tavares Pinheiro, Giovanna Del Grande da Silva, Jerônimo Costa Branco, Jean Pierre Oses, Karen Jansen, Luciana de Avila Quevedo, Luana Porto Barbosa, Ricardo Azevedo da Silva, and Diogo R. Lara
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Adult ,Employment ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Substance-Related Disorders ,Population ,Poison control ,Alcohol abuse ,Suicide prevention ,Young Adult ,Risk Factors ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,medicine ,Prevalence ,Humans ,Child Abuse ,Risk factor ,Psychological abuse ,Psychiatry ,education ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Adult Survivors of Child Abuse ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Suicide ,Physical abuse ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Sexual abuse ,Social Class ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,business ,Brazil ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Suicide is among the main causes of death of people aged between 15 and 44 years old. Childhood trauma is an important risk factor for suicide. Hence, the objective of this study was to verify the relationship between childhood trauma and current suicide risk (suicidal behavior and ideation) in individuals aged 14-35 years, in the city of Pelotas, Brazil. This is a cross-sectional, population-based study. Sample selection was performed by clusters. Suicide risk was evaluated using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) and Childhood trauma was assessed with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Moreover, the participants responded to a questionnaire concerning socioeconomic status, work, and substance use. The sample was composed of 1,380 individuals. The prevalence of suicide risk was 11.5%. The prevalence figures of childhood trauma were 15.2% (emotional neglect), 13.5% (physical neglect), 7.6% (sexual abuse), 10.1% (physical abuse), and 13.8% (emotional abuse). Suicide risk was associated (p
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- 2013