Laurie Graham, Assistant Professor and colleagues Published in SSM Population Health
Title: Intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration as precursors to suicide
Highlights
• Intimate partner violence is a precipitating factor for 4.5% of single suicides.
• Most IPV-related single suicides were of men who perpetrated nonfatal IPV.
• Decedents in IPV-related suicides often used a firearm and disclosed intent.
• Integrated prevention strategies to target both IPV and suicide may be appropriate.
• When combined with homicide-suicide data, IPV influences 6.1% of suicides overall.
Kafka, J. M., Moracco, K. E., Taheri, C., Young, B.-R., Graham, L. M., Macy, R. J., & Proescholdbell, S. (2022). Intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration as precursors to suicide. SSM Population Health. Advance online publication https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101079