Suicidality Among Healthcare Workers in Lebanon: Associations With Childhood Adversities Amid Recent Overlapping Crises.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Healthcare workers (HCWs) face heightened suicide risk due to occupational stressors and other proximal and distal factors. To our knowledge, this study is the first study in Lebanon and among the first globally to examine the association between childhood adversities and suicidality among HCWs within overlapping national crises.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study among 390 HCWs in Lebanon. Using an online survey, data included sociodemographics, Beirut port blast, adulthood trauma, economic collapse, COVID-19, network/support, childhood adversities, mental health (PHQ-9/PCL-5), substance use, prior health and suicidality. Analyses in Stata used bivariate and stepwise logistic regressions to determine parsimonious predictors of suici

SUBMITTER: Al Barathie J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12554631 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature