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

2020; Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul; Volume: 42; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/2237-6089-2018-0112

2238-0019

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

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

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.