Childhood trauma and suicidal behavior in male cocaine dependent patients.
A consecutive series of 100 male cocaine dependent patients were interviewed about suicidal behavior and completed the 34-item Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) to determine whether childhood trauma is associated with suicidal behavior in cocaine dependent men. Patients who had attempted suicide (n = 34) reported significantly higher scores for childhood emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional and physical neglect than patients who had never attempted suicide (n = 66). In this study, various childhood traumas were found to be significantly associated withsuicidal behavior among adult male cocaine dependent patients.
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Psychiatry Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*