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The association of adverse childhood experiences and appetitive aggression with suicide attempts and violent crimes in male forensic psychiatry inpatients
- Source :
- Psychiatry research. 240
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Although previous studies in inmates, forensic and psychiatric samples suggest the relation between childhood trauma and suicide behavior as well as between childhood trauma and violent delinquency, the understanding of possible underlying mechanisms is still fragmentary. In a naturalistic study design, we tested if suicidal attempts and violent crimes are differently associated with adverse childhood experiences and levels of appetitive aggression in male forensic psychiatry inpatients. Adverse childhood experiences and appetitive aggression styles were collected by means of self-report measures, suicide attempts were taken from the medical history and violent crimes were appraised by official court records. The data were analyzed by the means of generalized linear models. Results revealed that appetitive aggression and adverse childhood experiences were significant predictors of suicide attempts, whereas violent crimes were associated solely with appetitive aggression. Suicide attempts and violent delinquency in forensic patients seem to be both positively associated with high levels of appetitive aggression, whereas their etiological pathways might differ with regard to adverse childhood experiences. Considering these interrelations to a greater extent might improve both diagnostics and treatment of forensic patients.
- Subjects :
- Child abuse
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Poison control
Suicide, Attempted
Violence
Suicide prevention
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Forensic psychiatry
mental disorders
Injury prevention
Juvenile delinquency
medicine
Humans
Psychiatry
Biological Psychiatry
Inpatients
Aggression
Human factors and ergonomics
social sciences
Criminals
Middle Aged
030227 psychiatry
Psychiatry and Mental health
Juvenile Delinquency
medicine.symptom
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18727123
- Volume :
- 240
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Psychiatry research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dceffa7f005d52af48e9a7e14148d5cd