Publication: Suicidal attempts and stressful life events among women in a homeless situation in Madrid (Spain)
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2019
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Vázquez Cabrera, José Juan
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American Psychological Association
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The objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship between suffering from stressful life events (SLE) and subsequent suicidal behaviour among women in a homeless situation, examining the differences in the number and characteristics of SLE experienced by attempters and non-attempters. The study was carried out based on the data obtained from a sample of women living homeless in Madrid (Spain) (n=138). The information was gathered using a structured interview. The results show that 46% of these women living homeless in Madrid had attempted suicide, and 32% of them had done so for the first time when they were homeless. We observed a high level of SLE among the women in a homeless situation, with a substantial increase in the number and severity of the stressors suffered by the interviewees who had attempted suicide, both during their childhood and adolescence and in their later lives
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Referencia bibliográfica: Vázquez, J. J., & Panadero, S. (2019). Suicidal attempts and stressful life events
among women in a homeless situation in Madrid (Spain). American journal of orthopsychiatry, 89(2), 304-311. DOI: doi.org/10.1037/ort0000387