Citation

Plotzker RE, Metzger DS, Holmes WC. Am. J. Addict. 2007; 16(6): 431-438.

Affiliation

Center for the Studies of Addiction, HIV Prevention Division, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1080/10550490701643161

PMID

18058406

Abstract

We explored links between childhood sexual abuse (CSA), childhood physical abuse (CPA), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)/depression, and women injection drug users' (IDUs') risk in 113 women recruited from two syringe exchange sites. More than half (56%) reported CSA, 68% CPA, 23% likely were depressed-only, and 53% likely had PTSD/depression. CSA was associated with sexual (p = 0.003) and drug risk (p = 0.05); CPA was not. CSA was associated with PTSD/depression (p = 0.03); PTSD/depression was associated with sexual (p < 0.01) and drug (p < 0.03) risk. After PTSD/depression adjustment, CSA was no longer associated with sexual or drug risk. These results suggest that women IDUs' CSA-to-risk path is mediated by PTSD/depression.

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