title: Childhood diagnoses and later risk for multiple suicide attempts.
abstract: The relationship between childhood diagnosis, personality psychopathology and suicidal behavior in young adulthood was explored in a sample of 327 suicide ideators, single attempters, and multiple attempters. Of the total sample, 174 received at least one childhood diagnosis; the 153 without a diagnosis provided a comparison group. Results suggest that a childhood history of an anxiety disorder or major depression predispose a person to both later multiple suicide attempts and personality psychopathology. Gender was found to play a significant role, with females being predisposed to multiple attempts in young adulthood but only as a function of childhood anxiety, not major depression. Additionally, childhood anxiety disorders were found to predispose to multiple attempts as a function of personality psychopathology, with distinctly different paths for males and females. Implications are discussed in terms of etiology, prevention, and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798-7334, USA. M_Rudd@Baylor.edu
authors.forename: M David
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Rudd
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Joiner
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rumzek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011340:Problem Solving; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data