Cross-national analysis of the associations between traumatic events and suicidal behavior: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.

<h4>Background</h4>Community and clinical data have suggested there is an association between trauma exposure and suicidal behavior (i.e., suicide ideation, plans and attempts). However, few studies have assessed which traumas are uniquely predictive of: the first onset of suicidal behav...

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Main Authors: Dan J Stein, Wai Tat Chiu, Irving Hwang, Ronald C Kessler, Nancy Sampson, Jordi Alonso, Guilherme Borges, Evelyn Bromet, Ronny Bruffaerts, Giovanni de Girolamo, Silvia Florescu, Oye Gureje, Yanling He, Viviane Kovess-Masfety, Daphna Levinson, Herbert Matschinger, Zeina Mneimneh, Yosikazu Nakamura, Johan Ormel, Jose Posada-Villa, Rajesh Sagar, Kate M Scott, Toma Tomov, Maria Carmen Viana, David R Williams, Matthew K Nock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20485530/pdf/?tool=EBI