Healio (8/19, Gramigna) reports, “Co-occurrence of multiple abuse subtypes across childhood and adulthood was linked to higher psycho-social risk and suicide attempt history among military service members hospitalized due to suicide risk,” investigators concluded in a “latent class analysis” that sought “to elucidate how these abuse subtypes co-occur during childhood and adulthood among a high-risk sample of 115 military service members and adult beneficiaries who underwent psychiatric hospitalization after a suicide-related crisis.” The findings were published online ahead of print in the October issue of the Journal of Psychiatric Research.
“ Three latent classes were identified: Multiple and Persistent Abuse (Class One: 29.6%), Childhood Physical and Persistent Emotional Abuse (Class Two: 27.0%), and Minimal Abuse (Class Three: 43.5%). Females were more likely than males to report a history of Multiple and Persistent Abuse. After controlling for gender, the Multiple and Persistent Abuse Class had higher scores of depressive symptoms and hazardous drinking, poorer sleep quality, and increased social stress than the Minimal Abuse Class. Moreover, the Multiple and Persistent Abuse Class was associated with increased likelihood of lifetime” suicide attempts.
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— “Abuse subtypes affect suicide risk among military psychiatric inpatients “Joe Gramigna, Healio, August 19, 2021