The Impact of Life Trauma on Mental Health and Suicidal Behavior: A Study from Portuguese Language Countries

Silva, Mariana; Pereira, Henrique

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“…Exposure to such an event is followed by psychological distress such as re-experiencing the event, avoiding associations with the event, negative cognitions, and mood, arousal, and the traumatic event eliciting emotional responses such as shock, denial, flashbacks and memory loss [ 11 ]. Studies have documented the prevalence of various traumatic experiences, their effects on people's physical and mental health, and how these effects might lead to suicidal ideation an attempt [ 12 ]. According to studies conducted in Lebanon, Afghanistan, and South Africa, between 50 and 70 percent of the population has experienced at least one traumatic event as a result of conflicts [ 13 – 15 ].…”

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Suicidal ideation and attempts among high school students of war- affected area at Woldia town, Northeast, Ethiopia, 2022

Kassa,

Srahbzu,

Goshu Nenko

et al. 2023

BMC Psychiatry

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Background Suicidal ideation and attempts usually occur during adolescence time, and living in war- affected area make the problem more predominate and severe. To the best of our knowledge, there were no studies done among high school students who live in war affected areas in Ethiopia. Objective We assessed the prevalence and factors associated with suicide ideation and suicide attempts among high school students of war- affected area at Woldia town, Northeast, Ethiopia. Methods School based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 23 to June 08, 2022.Data were collected from high school students in Woldia town, Ethiopia. Pretested, self-administered Amharic-language questionnaire was used to collect the data. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression was used to identify the independent factors associated with suicide ideation and attempt. Results A total of 668 of the 707 sampled students participated in the study (94.5% response rate). The prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempts among high school students in Woldia town was 16.29% and 12.87%, respectively. In the multivariable analysis, poor social support(AOR = 2.86, 95% CI:1.49, 5.46), posttraumatic stress disorder (AOR = 2.15, 95% CI:1.20, 3.85), family history of suicide(AOR = 3.94, 95% CI:2.21, 7.04), anxiety(AOR = 3.45, 95% CI:1.72, 6.89), and depression (AOR = 2.31, 95% CI:1.24, 4.33) were factors significantly associated with suicide ideation, and poor social support(AOR = 2.75, 95% CI:1.38, 5.47), depression (AOR = 4.27, 95% CI:2.10, 8.67) and being a female sex (AOR = 2.12, 95% CI:1.22, 3.69) were factors significantly associated with suicidal attempt. Conclusions and recommendations This study revealed that at least one in six and one in eight of the students had suicidal ideation and attempt, respectively. Therefore, we recommend that Ministry of Education shall work with Ministry of Health to extend and implement mental health services in high schools and provide social support to those students who need the services in order for the prevention of suicidal ideation and attempts.

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