TY - JOUR
T1 - Suicide Ideation and Deliberate Self-Harm among Ex-Prisoners of War
AU - Levi-Belz, Yossi
AU - Zerach, Gadi
AU - Solomon, Zahava
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 International Academy for Suicide Research.
PY - 2015/4/3
Y1 - 2015/4/3
N2 - The current study aims to assess the relations among war captivity, PTSD, suicidal ideation (SI), and deliberate self-harm (DSH) among former prisoners of war (ex-POWs). Israeli ex-POWs (N = 176) and a matched control group of combat veterans (controls; N = 118) were assessed using self-report measures. Ex-POWs with PTSD reported higher levels of both SI and DSH compared to ex-POWs and comparable veterans without PTSD. Furthermore, captivity-related variables as well as PTSD symptom clusters were positively related to both SI and DSH. However, only loss of emotional control in captivity and posttraumatic intrusion and emotional numbing symptoms, predicted SI. Ex-POWs with PTSD endorse high levels of SI and DSH. Among ex-POWs, both SI and DSH share similar captivity-related and posttraumatic symptoms correlates but only posttraumatic intrusion and emotional numbing symptoms predict SI.
AB - The current study aims to assess the relations among war captivity, PTSD, suicidal ideation (SI), and deliberate self-harm (DSH) among former prisoners of war (ex-POWs). Israeli ex-POWs (N = 176) and a matched control group of combat veterans (controls; N = 118) were assessed using self-report measures. Ex-POWs with PTSD reported higher levels of both SI and DSH compared to ex-POWs and comparable veterans without PTSD. Furthermore, captivity-related variables as well as PTSD symptom clusters were positively related to both SI and DSH. However, only loss of emotional control in captivity and posttraumatic intrusion and emotional numbing symptoms, predicted SI. Ex-POWs with PTSD endorse high levels of SI and DSH. Among ex-POWs, both SI and DSH share similar captivity-related and posttraumatic symptoms correlates but only posttraumatic intrusion and emotional numbing symptoms predict SI.
KW - captivity
KW - deliberate self-harm
KW - posttraumatic stress disorder
KW - prisoners of war
KW - suicide ideation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929712035&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13811118.2013.845123
DO - 10.1080/13811118.2013.845123
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C2 - 25010463
AN - SCOPUS:84929712035
SN - 1381-1118
VL - 19
SP - 231
EP - 248
JO - Archives of Suicide Research
JF - Archives of Suicide Research
IS - 2
ER -