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This review aims to investigate the link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicidal behavior and ideation.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Suicide Risk: A Systematic Review

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Systematic review analyzes suicide risk linked to PTSD, indicating important clinical implications for therapy.

This review aims to investigate the link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicidal behavior and ideation.
Conducted a systematic review of 50 articles examining PTSD and suicidality.
Performed a meta-analysis on the association between PTSD and suicide-related outcomes.
Controlled for other psychiatric disorders, including depression, while analyzing data.
Found no increased risk of completed suicide in individuals with PTSD.
Demonstrated a significant association between PTSD and prior suicide attempts and suicidal ideation.
Noted that controlling for concurrent psychiatric disorders weakened the association between PTSD and suicidality.

Krysińska et al. (2010) studied this question.

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