Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma

Association between a history of child neglect, abuse and the suicidal patient: a cross-sectional study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Ali Delirrooyfard 1
Maria Cheraghi 2
Mehdi Sayyah 3
Zahra Farahbakhsh 4

1 Imam Khomeini Hospital Clinical Research Development Unit, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Department of Public Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

3 Department of Psychiatry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz Iran

4 Student Research Committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.34172/jept.2021.34
Abstract
Objective: People with a significant childhood history of abuse may exhibit emotional
dysregulations and psychiatric disorders and, in some cases, present suicidal ideation.
Methods: In this descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study data were collected
from suicidal patients referred to two grand hospitals in 2019. One hundred ninetyfive participants were evaluated concerning child abuse and neglect history. Data were
reported as mean, SD, frequency, and percent. T-test and chi-square tests were used for
statistical analyses accordingly.
Results: Child abuse regarding suicidal people were to the following order, neglect
(n=103), child emotional abuse (n=102), child physical abuse (n=101), malnutrition (n=96),
and child sexual abuse (n=87). Suicide was different between the two genders, but it was
not different based on parents’ education and marital status.
Conclusion: The harassed child is not equipped with proper behavioral skills and is
subjected to low self-esteem due to incorrect training. Therefore, he/she may commit
suicide in adolescence by facing some problems and failures. In this regard, community
plays an important role, parents must be informed and use the right culture to reward the
child. 

Keywords

Suicide
Child abuse
Child neglect
Family characteristics
Subjects
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Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma
Volume 8, Issue 1
January 2022
Pages 32-36

  • Receive Date 03 September 2021
  • Revise Date 10 November 2021
  • Accept Date 22 November 2021

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