ArticleDepression and anxiety2017
Are there sensitive periods when child maltreatment substantially elevates suicide risk? Results from a nationally representative sample of adolescents.
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- Association of Childhood Maltreatment With Suicide Behaviors Among Young People: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2020Pooled it
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- Risk profiles of suicide attempts among girls with histories of commercial sexual exploitation: A latent class analysis.Child abuse & neglect · 2023Article
- Negative Perceptions of Peer Relationships as Mechanisms in the Association Between Maltreatment Timing and the Development of Psychopathology.Merrill-Palmer quarterly (Wayne State University. Press) · 2023Article
- Days with and without self-injurious thoughts and behaviors: Impact of childhood maltreatment on adolescent online social networking.Journal of adolescence · 2022Article
- Associations of Childhood Maltreatment With Suicidal Behavior Among Chinese Adolescents: Does It Differ Based on Gender and Biological Rhythm?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Childhood maltreatment, psychiatric symptoms, and suicidal thoughts among adolescents receiving substance use treatment services.Journal of adolescence · 2021Article
- Child maltreatment, recent stressful life events, and suicide ideation: A test of the stress sensitivity hypothesis.Child abuse & neglect · 2021Article
- Cognition in Recent Suicide Attempts: Altered Executive Function.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Association between Childhood Maltreatment and Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts among Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Depressive Symptoms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Developmental pathways from child maltreatment to adolescent suicide-related behaviors: The internalizing and externalizing comorbidity hypothesis.Development and psychopathology · 2020Article
- Interpersonal Risk Factors for Suicide in Cocaine Dependence: Association with Self-Esteem, Personality Traits, and Childhood Abuse.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2020Article
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backgroundAlthough child maltreatment is a well documented risk factor for suicidal behavior, little is known about whether the timing of child maltreatment differentially associates with risk of suicidal ideation, suicide plans, or suicide attempts. The goal of this study was to examine whether a first exposure to physical or sexual abuse during specific developmental periods significantly elevated risk for suicidal behavior in adolescents.
methodsData came from the National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement, a population-based sample of US adolescents aged 13-18 years old (n = 9,272). Using discrete time survival analysis, we assessed the association between timing of first abuse (early childhood: ages 0-5; middle childhood: ages 6-10; adolescence: ages 11-18) and suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts.
resultsExposure to either physical or sexual abuse increased the odds of reporting suicidal ideation (odds ratio [OR] = 5.06 and OR = 3.56, respectively), plans (OR = 3.63 and OR = 3.58, respectively), and attempts (OR = 5.80 and OR = 4.21, respectively), even after controlling for sociodemographic covariates and psychiatric disorders. However, the timing of physical and sexual abuse exposure was unassociated with suicidal behavior (all p values >.05).
conclusionsExposure to child maltreatment is strongly associated with risk for adolescent suicidal behaviors, though this association did not vary based on the developmental timing of first exposure. These findings suggest that prevention efforts should be implemented throughout early development and target all children, regardless of when they were first exposed.
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