Citation

Álvarez MJ, Roura P, Osés A, Foguet Q, Solà J, Arrufat FX. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 2011; 199(3): 156-161.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/NMD.0b013e31820c751c

PMID

21346485

Abstract

A high prevalence of childhood abuse has been reported in patients with severe mental illness. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 102 patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or schizoaffective disorder. Social, demographic, and clinical data were obtained. Patients were evaluated using Brief Psychotic Relative Scale, and Traumatic Life Events and Distressing Event questionnaires. Almost half (47.5%) of these patients had suffered some kind of child abuse, and our results confirmed a relationship between a history of childhood abuse and more severe psychosis. Diagnosis of schizophrenia was determined 4.1 years earlier in victims of childhood abuse. Hospital admissions were twice as high in victims of psychological abuse. Patients with a history of sexual abuse were more than twice as likely to attempt suicide (68% vs. 28.9%).

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Cross-Sectional Studies; Child; Adult; Female; Male; Spain; Odds Ratio; Sex Factors; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Hospitalization; Prevalence; Chi-Square Distribution; Suicide, Attempted; Surveys and Questionnaires; Schizophrenia; Age of Onset; Psychotic Disorders; Mental Disorders; Bipolar Disorder; Child Abuse; Child Abuse, Sexual; Adult Survivors of Child Abuse