Symptoms moderating the association between recent suicide attempts and trauma levels: Fan-shaped effects

Résumé

The present study focuses on variables moderating the incidence of recent suicide attempt in a large community sample (n = 39,617) of French citizens with various levels of trauma. Five trauma levels were established based on posttraumatic stress disorder items of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Twenty-three symptoms were examined as potential moderating variables with a fan-shaped pattern. Seven symptoms regarding desire for death, self-harm intention, suicidal ideation, lifetime suicide attempt, depressed mood, loss of interest, and panic attack exhibited the fan-shaped pattern. The absence of these moderating symptoms decreases the incidence of suicide attempt and their presence leads to a gradual increase. FRANCE EUROPE IDÉATION INTENTION TENTATIVE ANTÉCÉDENT-SUICIDAIRE DÉPRESSION TROUBLE-PANIQUE PSYCHOPATHOLOGIE TRAUMATISME DÉSIR-MORT