Citation

Jacobson A. Am. J. Psychiatry 1989; 146(6): 755-758.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of Washington, Seattle 98105.

Comment In:

Am J Psychiatry 1990;147(1):131-2.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2786342

Abstract

Using a semistructured interview, the author obtained complete histories of experiences of being physically or sexually assaulted from 31 psychiatric outpatients. The majority (68%) of outpatients had experienced major physical and/or sexual assaults, and most assaults had not been revealed to the patients' prior therapists. Circumstances associated with the assaults, a comparison of outpatient and inpatient assault histories, and the relevance of the findings to clinical practice are discussed.

Language: en