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

• Autor(a) principal: Zatti, Cleonice
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Guimarães, Luciano Santos Pinto, Soibelman, Mauro, Semensato, Márcia Rejane, Bastos, André Goettems, Calegaro, Vitor Crestani, Freitas, Lucia Helena Machado
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/230812
• topic: Trauma psicológico; Experiências adversas da infância; Tentativa de suicídio; Criança; Estresse psicológico; Childhood trauma; Suicide attempt; Psychological suffering; Abuse; Neglect

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.