Early childhood sexual abuse increases suicidal intent

World Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-154

  Lopez Castroman, Jorge ^a   Melhem, Nadine ^b   Birmaher, Boris ^b   Greenhill, Laurence ^c   Kolko, David ^b   Stanley, Barbara ^c   Zelazny, Jamie ^b   Brodsky, Beth ^c   Garcia Nieto, Rebeca ^a   Burke, Ainsley K ^c   Mann, J John ^c   Brent, David A ^b   Oquendo, Maria A ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

early trauma; life events; suicidal features; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTURBATION; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 84878589373     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20039     Document Type: Article

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