ArticlePloS one2016
Do Childhood Adversities Predict Suicidality? Findings from the General Population of the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Suicidality Among Healthcare Workers in Lebanon: Associations With Childhood Adversities Amid Recent Overlapping Crises.International journal of public health · 2025Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences in Brazilian College Students: Examining Associations with Suicidal Ideation and Risky Behaviors.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2024Article
- Association of Adverse Childhood Experiences with Health Risk Behaviors Among College Students in Zambia.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- The differential impact of oxytocin receptor gene in violence-exposed boys and girls.International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience · 2017Article
- Unaccompanied Children Migrating from Central America: Public Health Implications for Violence Prevention and Intervention.Current trauma reports · 2017Article
- Gender-related dimensions of childhood adversities in the general population.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildhood adversities have been associated with a number of medical and psychiatric outcomes. However, the reported effects that specific childhood adversities have on suicidality vary across studies.
methodThis was a cross-sectional, stratified, multistage area probability investigation of a general population in Brazil, designated the São Paulo Megacity Mental Health Survey. The World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview was applied in 5037 individuals ≥ 18 years of age, in order to assess 12 different adversities occurring during childhood and/or adolescence, as well as to look for associations between those adversities and subsequent suicidality in different age strata.
resultsOver half of the respondents reported at least one childhood adversity. Only physical abuse was consistently associated with suicide attempts in all subsequent life stages (OR = 2.1). Among adults 20-29 years of age, the likelihood of a suicide attempt was correlated with parental divorce, whereas suicidal ideation was associated with prior sexual abuse. Among adults over 30 years of age, physical illness and economic adversity emerged as relevant childhood adversities associated with suicide attempts, whereas sexual abuse, family violence, and economic adversity were associated with suicidal ideation.
conclusionChildhood adversities, especially physical abuse, are likely associated with unfavorable consequences in subsequent years. For suicidality across a lifespan, the role of different childhood adversities must be examined independently.
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