Risk of common psychiatric disorders, suicidal behaviours, and premature mortality following violent victimisation: A matched cohort and sibling-comparison study of 127,628 people who experienced violence in Finland and Sweden
In this longitudinal cross-national cohort study, we observed that those who had experienced violent victimisation were at least twice as likely as their unaffected siblings to develop common psychiatric disorders (i.e., depression, anxiety, personality disorder, and alcohol and drug use disorders), engage in suicidal behaviours, and to die prematurely. Importantly, these risk elevations remained 2 years after the first victimisation event. Improving clinical assessment, management, and aftercare psychosocial support could therefore potentially reduce rates of common psychiatric disorders, suicidality, and premature mortality in individuals experiencing violent victimisation.
Authors
- Pekka Martikainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9374-1438)
- Isabell Brikell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-6665)
- Henrik Larsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6851-3297)
- Seena Fazel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5383-5365)
- Jonas Forsman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8473-6327)
- Paul Lichtenstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-5287)
- Ralf Kuja‐Halkola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3765-2067)
- Amir Sariaslan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6151-3278)
- Joonas Pitkänen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8413-6399)
- Brian Matthew D'Onofrio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5248-7434)
- Mikko Aaltonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3686-2986)
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Örebro University (SE)
- Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine (SE)
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Warneford Hospital (GB)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- University of Bergen (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004410
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.11
Funders
- Helsingin Yliopisto
- Wellcome Trust
- Jane ja Aatos Erkon Säätiö
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- Shire
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
- Strategic Research Council
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre