Suicide risk for child abuse survivors - Australia

"NEW figures revealing the impact of child abuse show as many as one in ten survivors have contemplated or attempted suicide, amid demands for better support from health practitioners including GPs.

"Analysis of more than 3500 calls over the past four years to a helpline operated by peak body Adults Surviving Child Abuse shows 67 per cent of people who said they had experienced sexual, physical or emotional abuse as a child suffered mental health problems as a result.

"Nearly 80 per cent of callers said their personal relationships had been affected and 18 per cent said their physical health had suffered...."

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/in-depth/suicide-risk-for-child-abuse-survivors/story-fngburq5-1226665404286

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