Author/Editor		Politakis, Vida Ana; Pregelj, Peter; Videtič Paska, Alja; Zupanc, Tomaž
Title		Association between alcohol abuse, childhood adverse events and suicide
Translated title		Povezava med zlorabo alkohola, stresnimi dogodki v otroštvu in samomorom
Type		članek
Vol. and No.		Letnik 86, št. 9/10
Publication year		2017
Volume		str. 365-372
ISSN		1581-0224 - Zdravniški vestnik
Language		eng
Abstract		Background: Negative life events present a risk for suicidal behaviour. The occurrence of suicidal behaviour also depends on type of negative life events, time of their appearance and the support person has in their environment, and can be part of a process triggered by a stressful event. The aim of the study was to investigate adverse childhood events, parental alcoholism and alcohol abuse in association with suicidal behaviour of suicide victims. Methods: A case-control study was conducted involving 90 individuals from Slovenian population who committed suicide and 90 age-sex matched controls drawn from the living population. Data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews with key informants by the principles of psychological autopsy. Results: Alcohol abuse was reported more often for suicide victims than for controls. The same was true for severe deprivation in childhood and alcoholism of one or both parents. Differences between groups in separation from one or both parents, death of one or both parents, reported parental divorce in childhood or sexual abuse in childhood were not observed. Conclusions: We should conclude that negative events in childhood and alcohol abuse in adulthood of suicide victims could be related to suicidal behaviour in population with higher suicide rate. When planning measures for the prevention of suicidal behaviour, adverse events in childhood and alcohol abuse should not be neglected to plan measures to prevent such events accordingly and to raise awareness about the dangers of alcohol abuse for suicidal behavior.
Keywords		samomorilno vedenje preprečevanje samomora študija kontrol in primerov suicidal behaviour suicide prevention case-control study