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Emotions and Suicidal Ideation among Depressed Women with Childhood Sexual Abuse Histories
Author(s) -
You Sungeun,
Talbot Nancy L.,
He Hua,
Conner Kenneth R.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.2012.00086.x
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , sadness , shame , clinical psychology , sexual abuse , psychiatry , depression (economics) , psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , medicine , anger , medical emergency , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Depressed women with sexual abuse histories have a heightened risk of suicidal ideation (SI), which may be only in part attributable to psychiatric symptoms of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Emotions and SI were studied among 106 women with histories of childhood sexual abuse enrolled in treatment trials for major depression. Assessments were conducted at baseline, 10, 24, and 36 weeks. Sadness, guilt, and shame‐proneness were associated with self‐reported and observer‐rated SI across time after adjusting for depressive and PTSD symptoms, suicide attempt history, and sociodemographic characteristics associated with SI. These findings highlight the need for clinical attention to self‐directed negative emotions to potentially reduce suicide‐related risk.