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Hallucinations as a risk marker for suicidal behaviour in individuals with a history of sexual assault: a general population study with instant replication
Yates, Kathryn Lang, Ulla Peters, Evyn M. Wigman, Johanna T.W. McNicholas, Fiona Cannon, Mary Alderson-Day, Ben Bloomfield, Michael Ramsay, Hugh
Yates, Kathryn
Lang, Ulla
Peters, Evyn M.
Wigman, Johanna T.W.
McNicholas, Fiona
Cannon, Mary
Alderson-Day, Ben
Bloomfield, Michael
Ramsay, Hugh
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2022-06-14
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Background Research has shown a strong relationship between hallucinations and suicidal behaviour in general population samples. Whether hallucinations also index suicidal behaviour risk in groups at elevated risk of suicidal behaviour, namely in individuals with a sexual assault history, remains to be seen. Aims We assessed whether hallucinations were markers of risk for suicidal behaviour among individuals with a sexual assault history. Methods Using the cross-sectional 2007 (N = 7403) and 2014 (N = 7546) Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys, we assessed for an interaction between sexual assault and hallucinations in terms of the odds of suicide attempt, as well as directly comparing the prevalence of suicide attempt in individuals with a sexual assault history with v. without hallucinations. Results Individuals with a sexual assault history had increased odds of hallucinations and suicide attempt compared to individuals without a sexual assault history in both samples. There was a significant interaction between sexual assault and hallucinations in terms of the odds of suicide attempt. In total, 14–19% of individuals with a sexual assault history who did not report hallucinations had one or more suicide attempt. This increased to 33–52% of individuals with a sexual assault history who did report hallucinations (2007, aOR = 2.85, 1.71–4.75; 2014, aOR = 4.52, 2.78–7.35). Conclusions Hallucinations are a risk marker for suicide attempt even among individuals with an elevated risk of suicidal behaviour, specifically individuals with a sexual assault history. This finding highlights the clinical significance of hallucinations with regard to suicidal behaviour risk, even among high-risk populations.
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Yates K et al (2023). Hallucinations as a risk marker for suicidal behaviour in individuals with a history of sexual assault: a general population study with instant replication. Psychological Medicine, 53(10), pp. 4627-4633. https://doi.org/10.1017/ S0033291722001532
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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722001532
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0033-2917
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1469-8978
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This work was supported by a Strategic Academic Recruitment (StAR) award to I. K. from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (K. Y., U. L.). M. C. was funded by European Research Council Consolidator Award (724809, iHEAR). I. K. was funded by the Irish Health Research Board (ECSA-2020-05), and St John of God Research Foundation clg (project grant 2021). J. T. W. W. was funded by a Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Veni grant no. 016.156.019.
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Licence for published version: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International