title: Suicide attempt and self-mutilation among Turkish high school students in relation with abuse, neglect and dissociation.
abstract: A questionnaire consisting of items about abuse, neglect, self-mutilation and suicide attempt and the Turkish Version of the Dissociative Experiences Scale were given to 862 high school students. The rates of suicide attempt and self-mutilative behaviors were 10.1% and 21.4%, respectively. Abused or neglected groups (34.3%) had 7.6-fold higher suicide attempts and 2.7-fold higher self-mutilation behaviours. The logistic regression model showed that each type of trauma and dissociation contributed to suicide attempts and self-mutilation, but dissociation was the most powerful. Suicidal and self-destructive adolescents should precisely be evaluated for abuse, neglect and dissociation in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Gaziantep University Medical Faculty, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Suleyman Salih
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Zoroglu
authors.forename: Umran
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tuzun
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sar
authors.forename: Hamdi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tutkun
authors.forename: Haluk Asuman
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Savaçs
authors.forename: Mucahit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: Behiye
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alyanak
authors.forename: Meltem Erocal
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kora
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires