AUG 25, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Childhood trauma and suicide ideation and attempts: Examining the mediating role of psychosocial, personality, lifestyle and biological factors.
Journal of Affective Disorders
A well-designed cross-sectional mediation analysis in a large clinical sample identifies plausible pathways between childhood trauma and suicide outcomes, but cross-sectional design prevents causal inference and limits actionability.
Reported
Childhood trauma–suicide ideation…OR = 1.51 (95% CI: 1.32–1.73)
Childhood trauma–suicide ideation…OR = 2.68 (95% CI: 2.21–3.27)
Direct effect reduction in multip…65.6%