Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) and suicidality

Suicide amongst young people is a major area of preventable deaths and a matter of great international concern (WHO, 2014). The multifaceted nature of suicide has given rise to an expansive field of enquiry that has sought to explore a multitude of risk factors associated with suicide. Amongst these various studies we find that Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) has been linked to suicide, parasuicide and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) . In this chapter the link between Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) and suicidality is discussed