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Abstract
Child maltreatment is a global problem with serious life-long consequences. The nature and severity of both maltreatment itself and its consequences can vary extremely widely. In extreme cases, child maltreatment can lead to lifelong effects.
Suicide is a serious public health problem. It is accounted for 1.4% of all deaths worldwide. Suicide occurs throughout the lifespan and is the second leading cause of death among 15-29-year-old globally.
Medical profession is one of the high-risk groups so far as suicide is concerned and medical students are more stressed than their counterparts in other courses and hence have a higher rate of depression and suicidal ideation.
So, a descriptive, cross sectional study was conducted to get recent data about the magnitude of suicidal behavior in relation to exposure to childhood maltreatment among the students of the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University that may help in early detection and controlling deaths by suicide.
Our study was carried out on 216 undergraduate students of Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University. Including, all the academic years of both genders.
Excluding, international students due to cultural differences, students who refuse to participate in the study, students who had history of any psychiatric disorder, students who had history of drug abuse, students who had history of any comorbid debilitating physical illness that imposes severe threat or stress, students who had history of any recent major life stressor as death of a family member or close friend.
Each participant was subjected to self-administered questionnaire that includes: Socio-demographic data checklist, Childhood Experience of Care and