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- Title
Childhood sexual and physical abuse and adult self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a literature review.
- Authors
Santa Mina, E E; Gallop, R M
- Abstract
This article reviews the link between childhood sexual and/or physical abuse and adult self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicidal attempt from 1988 to 1998 in the clinical literature. Despite the methodological and definitional concerns, empirical studies have generally demonstrated more reports of self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicidal behaviour in clinical and community populations of adults who report sexual and/or physical abuse in childhood than in comparison groups who do not report abuse. Implications for practice include the identification of populations at risk for self-harm or suicide and routine inquiry of abuse histories on admission. Further research into universal definitions of the key terms, standardized measurements of the variables, and longitudinal studies is required.
- Publication
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie, 1998, Vol 43, Issue 8, p793
- ISSN
0706-7437
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1177/070674379804300803