title: Risk for suicidal thoughts and behavior after childhood sexual abuse in women and men.
abstract: Earlier studies have found an elevated risk for psychopathology and suicidal behavior associated with childhood sexual abuse (CSA); however, the degree to which risk is mediated by depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in women and men remains unclear. We examined these issues in data from a family study of childhood maltreatment (N = 2,559). We found significant CSA-associated risk for depression, PTSD, and suicidal behavior for women and men. In survival analyses controlling for these disorders, we observed persistent but somewhat reduced CSA-associated risk for suicidal ideation and suicide attempt. Our findings suggest that these disorders partially mediate CSA-associated risk.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Midwest Alcoholism Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors: Saaniya
authors: S
authors: Bedi
authors: Elliot C
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authors: Nelson
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authors: Lynskey
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authors: VV
authors: McCutcheon
authors: Andrew C
authors: AC
authors: Heath
authors: Pamela A F
authors: PA
authors: Madden
authors: Nicholas G
authors: NG
authors: Martin
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