Resource Tag: SEXUAL STRESSORS

Objectives Obsessions and suicidal behavior are common among patients with bipolar disorder. The relation between them and their impact on disease severity should be a focus of attention. This study aimed at assessment of the presence of sexual and religious obsessions in patients with bipolar disorder and their relation to suicide ideation. Methods Ninety patients […]

Previous research shows a direct link between military sexual trauma and suicide risk. Little is known about mediators of this association, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression severity, mental health conditions that are correlated with both suicide risk and military sexual trauma. Moreover, existing studies of military sexual trauma do not distinguish between harassment […]

Predictors of suicidal ideation (SI) were examined in a sample of veterans (N = 128) diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to military sexual trauma. Suicidal ideation was predicted by both depressive symptom severity and posttraumatic symptom severity in separate correlation analyses. When controlling for the effects of depressive and posttraumatic symptom severity on […]

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Depression and suicide are of increasing concern on college campuses. Data collected from the College Health Intervention Projects on the frequency of depression and suicide ideation among 1622 students. Students completed the Beck Depression Inventory and other measures related to exercise patterns, alcohol use, sensation seeking and violence. Because the majority of students access campus-based […]

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This study investigated the factors associated with suicide ideation & attempts among a representative sample of 3,383 secondary school students in Hong Kong. Youth risk behaviours such as heavy smoking, episodic heavy alcohol drinking, early sexual experience, & feeling hopeless were found to be associated with both suicidal thoughts & attempts. Misuse of drugs was […]

Data on trauma exposure & subsequent first onset of suicidal behaviour were collected via structured interviews conducted in the households of 102,245 respondents in 21 countries. Bivariate & multivariate survival models tested the relationship between the type & number of traumatic events & subsequent suicidal behaviour. Sexual & interpersonal violence showed the strongest effects. A […]

This study examined the relationship between sexual behaviours & mental disorders & suicidality in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Compared to ages 15-17, those with age of first intercourse between 12 & 14 had increased rates of lifetime disruptive behaviour, substance use, & any mental disorder, & suicide ideation & attempts. Those with first intercourse […]

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A series of logistic regression models were developed incorporating various internalizing & externalizing risk factors experienced by young people with the goal of predicting parasuicides among Canadian youth. Data were used from the National Longitudinal Study of Child and Youth – Waves 3 through 6 for a total sample of 2,499 15-year-olds. Results showed both […]

The prevalence of attempted suicide was assessed & individual, interpersonal, behavioural, & psychological risk factors associated with attempted suicide were explored in a general community sample of metropolitan Japanese youth. 2095 youth, ages 15-24, were recruited using street-intercept techniques. Overall, 6% of males & 11% of females reported a prior suicide attempt. For males, attempted […]

This study examined the association between early initiation of problem behaviours (alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, sexual intercourse) & suicidal behaviours, & explored the effect of concurrent participation in these problem behaviours on suicidal behaviours among Korean adolescents. Data were obtained from the 2006 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Bivariate & multivariate logistic analyses were conducted. […]

This paper examines the cultural context of youth suicide, & asks how youth suicide may be related to emerging sexual identity. In particular, it focuses on the situation of young heterosexual women. The findings are based on interviews with 41 young people, parents, & youth service providers. Interviews were semi-structured & open-ended, & included the […]

This study examined the prevalence of & factors associated with suicide ideation among Brazilian adolescents, aged 11-15 years. A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted. 1,039 adolescents were interviewed. The prevalence of suicide ideation was 14.1%. Factors associated with suicide ideation included female gender, current alcohol consumption, use of illicit drugs, symptoms indicating conduct disorders, & […]

This study compared 1993 & 1995 self-reported suicidal behaviour in relation to tobacco use, alcohol use, drug use, school misconduct, academic difficulties, home environment, sexual activity, & violence among 7th- to 12th-grade adolescents in a medium-sized Midwest school district. Independent factors accounted for more variance in male suicidal behaviour than in female suicidal behaviour. As […]

This study aims to determine if cigarette smoking is associated with engaging in other health-risk behaviours among high school students in Japan. Self-administered questionnaires were given to 1,466 students in senior high schol in Okinawa. In the logistic regression models, controlled for sociodemographic variables, smoking was significantly associated with all health-risk behaviours, including suicide ideation, […]

Using 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance data for 13,917 high school students, the authors examined the associations between 4 domains of risk factors (alcohol/drug use, aggression, HIV risk-related behaviors, & health problems) & indicators of suicidality (considering a suicide attempt, making a plan to attempt suicide, & actually attempting suicide). Logistic regressions showed that drug […]

This article discusses factors that contribute to depression & suicide in college students.

This study examined the association of sexual coercion with HIV-related risk behaviours & suicidal thoughts & attempts among female sex workers in Guangxi, China. 454 women in 57 entertainment establishments were interviewed between March & May 2004. The prevalence of suicidal thoughts & suicide attempts in the previous 6 months were 14.3% & 8.4%, respectively. […]

This study explored factors associated with suicide ideation & attempts among 454 female sex workers in a rural county of Guangxi, China. About 14% of respondents had thought of suicide & 8% had attempted suicide in the past 6 months. Multiple logistic regression analyses indicated that those women who were dissatisfied with life, abused alcohol, […]

This article examines factors relating to psychological health & suicide attempts among female street sex workers in Hong Kong. On average, the sample scored significantly lower on the psychological health domain in comparison to the general female population of Hong Kong. Factors associated with the working environment in the sex industry were significantly associated with […]