@article{ref1,
title="Clinical characteristics of women with major depression who suffered sexual abuse in childhood",
journal="Gaceta Medica de Mexico",
year="2018",
author="Ortiz-Guzmán, José A. and Ibarra-Alcantar, María C. and Alvarado-Cruz, Francisco J. and Graciano-Morales, Hermelinda and Jiménez-Genchi, Alejandro",
volume="154",
number="3",
pages="295-301",
abstract="<br><br>INTRODUCTION: Even when child sexual abuse (CSA) is a risk factor for the development of major depression in adult women, data on the clinical features associated with this traumatic event are scarce. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To assess the history of CSA and its association with some clinical manifestations in women with major depression. <br><br>METHOD: Seventy-one adult women with major depression were selected in a community-based mental health center. They were assessed with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Social Adaptation Self-evaluation Scale, and childhood physical maltreatment and child sexual abuse indices. <br><br>RESULTS: Some form of CSA had been suffered by 53.5%. There were no significant differences in age, level of education, depressive symptoms, social adaptation or physical maltreatment during childhood between the women with or without a history of CSA, only a higher frequency of comorbid social anxiety disorder (26% versus 6%) and a higher proportion of suicide risk (68% versus 45.4%) differentiated the groups. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Few characteristics distinguish women with major depression with a history of CSA; however, the prognosis and therapeutic implications of a higher suicide risk underscore the importance of systematically investigating the history of CSA among women with major depression.<br><br>Copyright: © 2018 SecretarÍa de Salud.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="en",
issn="0016-3813",
doi="10.24875/GMM.18003221",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.24875/GMM.18003221"
}