@article{ref1,
title="Mental health disorders as cooccuring and predictive factors of psychotic disorders in sexually abused children",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2020",
author="Bourgeois, Catherine and Lecomte, Tania and McDuff, Pierre and Daigneault, Isabelle",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Little is known about the factors associated with psychosis in sexually  abused children. Many factors have been associated with both sexual abuse and  psychosis, and some mental health disorders have been identified as implied in the  relationship between childhood trauma and psychosis. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: This study aims to  identify factors cooccurring with psychotic disorders in sexually abused youth and  to determine which predict the development of psychosis in this population. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Children with a corroborated report of sexual abuse (n =  882) at a Child Protection Agency (CPA) between 2000 and 2010 and whose health data  could be retrieved from public health databases were selected for this study. <br><br>METHODS: A prospective matched-cohort design was used, with administrative databases  from a CPA and a public health system. Logistic regressions were performed to  determine which mental health diagnoses were associated with, and which predicted,  psychotic disorders. <br><br>RESULTS: Logistic regressions revealed that personality  disorders were significantly associated with psychotic disorders whereas substance  misuse disorders and intellectual disability significantly predicted psychotic  disorders. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Psychotic disorders and personality disorders appear  concomitantly in sexually abused youth. Having received a substance misuse disorder  diagnosis increases the risk of developing a psychotic disorder in sexually abused  youth. Health professionals should be aware of those risk factors to help reduce the  severity of youth sexual abuse consequences and, ultimately, prevent psychosis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104819",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104819"
}