title: Suicide Ideation and Deliberate Self-Harm among Ex-Prisoners of War.
abstract: The current study aims to assess the relations among war captivity, PTSD, suicidal ideation (SI), and deliberate self-harm (DSH) among former prisoners of war (ex-POWs). Israeli ex-POWs (N = 176) and a matched control group of combat veterans (controls; N = 118) were assessed using self-report measures. Ex-POWs with PTSD reported higher levels of both SI and DSH compared to ex-POWs and comparable veterans without PTSD. Furthermore, captivity-related variables as well as PTSD symptom clusters were positively related to both SI and DSH. However, only loss of emotional control in captivity and posttraumatic intrusion and emotional numbing symptoms, predicted SI. Ex-POWs with PTSD endorse high levels of SI and DSH. Among ex-POWs, both SI and DSH share similar captivity-related and posttraumatic symptoms correlates but only posttraumatic intrusion and emotional numbing symptoms predict SI.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Behavioral Sciences , Ruppin Academic Center , Emek-Hefer , Israel.
authors.forename: Yossi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Levi-Belz
authors.forename: Gadi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zerach
authors.forename: Zahava
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D063906:Prisoners of War / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D057566:Self Report; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology
keywords: captivity; deliberate self-harm; posttraumatic stress disorder; prisoners of war; suicide ideation