# Ethnic differences in stressors preceding suicide attempts among Israeli Jews and Arabs and their association with repeat attempts - URL: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/so516 - Language: en - Last updated: not specified - Page title: Ethnic differences in stressors preceding suicide attempts among Israeli Jews and Arabs and their association with repeat attempts | WCP 2026 Summary > Although external stressors were more common among Arab patients and internal stressors among Jewish patients, repeat attempts within one year were associated… This page was translated automatically from Turkish. [Read the original](https://alisanburak.com/wcp-2026-posterler/so516) This page is an AI-assisted Turkish summary of the study presented at the 26th World Congress of Psychiatry. The study belongs to the presenting authors; please refer to the original source when citing it. SO516 Brief Oral Poster PresentationSuicide and CrisisRetrospective cohort # Ethnic differences in stressors preceding suicide attempts among Israeli Jews and Arabs and their association with repeat attempts ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN STRESSORS PRECEDING SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH RECURRENCE AMONG ISRAELI JEWS AND ARABS Presenter: Eyal Bergmann Country: Israel Institution: Rambam Health Care Campus, Department of Psychiatry Session: 4610 - PARALLEL SHORT ORAL POSTER SESSIONS: SUICIDOLOGY & CRISIS - Part III Date: Sat, 26.09.2026 Although external stressors were more common among Arab patients and internal stressors among Jewish patients, repeat attempts within one year were associated with ethnicity and age rather than stressor type. This study aimed to examine ethnic differences in stressors precipitating suicide attempts and their association with repeat attempts within the framework of the stress–diathesis model. The records of 729 adults who presented to the emergency department of a tertiary care center following a suicide attempt between March 2017 and February 2021 were reviewed retrospectively (Jewish n=538, Arab n=191). Two psychiatrists independently assessed the records and classified precipitating factors as internal (psychiatric exacerbation, substance use, physical health problems) or external (interpersonal, occupational, financial). A repeat attempt was defined as a new emergency department presentation for a suicide attempt within one year of the index attempt. Mixed-effects logistic regression was used to analyze stressor type, and logistic regression was used to analyze repeat attempts. Arab patients were younger (34.15±12.25 versus 42.16±19.67 years; p<0.001) and more frequently female (63.4% versus 54.7%; p=0.037). The distribution of stressors differed between the two groups (p=0.01): internal stressors were identified in 225 Jewish patients (41.8%) and 63 Arab patients (33.0%), while external stressors were identified in 272 (50.6%) and 120 (62.8%), respectively. In the adjusted analysis, stressor type showed associations with age (OR=1.04; p<0.001), sex (OR=0.39; p<0.001), and ethnicity (OR=0.60; p=0.044); external stressors were relatively more prominent among women and younger individuals. The one-year repeat-attempt rate was lower among Arab patients (10 cases, 5.2%, versus 54 cases, 10.0%; p=0.044). In the adjusted model, Arab ethnicity (OR=0.44; p=0.023) and increasing age (OR=0.98; p=0.017) were associated with a lower likelihood of repeat attempts, whereas stressor type did not predict repeat attempts. The authors note that these findings suggest that repeat attempts may reflect enduring individual vulnerability rather than the acute precipitant and support culturally sensitive risk assessment that considers the sociocultural context alongside proximal stressors. [View the original poster](https://cslide.ctimeetingtech.com/wcp26/attendee/eposter/file/885) How to cite this study APA 7: Bergmann, E., et al. (2026, September 26). Ethnic differences in stressors preceding suicide attempts and their association with recurrence among israeli jews and arabs [Poster presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026), Stockholm, Sweden. https://cslide.ctimeetingtech.com/wcp26/attendee/eposter/file/885 Vancouver: Bergmann E, et al. Ethnic differences in stressors preceding suicide attempts and their association with recurrence among israeli jews and arabs [poster]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026); 2026 Sep 23-26; Stockholm, Sweden. 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