TY - JOUR
T1 - Stressful Childhood Experiences and Clinical Outcomes in People with Serious Mental Illness
T2 - A Gender Comparison in a Clinical Psychiatric Sample
AU - Muenzenmaier, Kristina
AU - Schneeberger, Andres R.
AU - Castille, Dorothy M.
AU - Battaglia, Joseph
AU - Seixas, Azizi A.
AU - Link, Bruce
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the New York State Office of Mental Health. The authors report no competing interests.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Objective: This study examines stressful childhood experiences (SCE) including childhood abuse and family context in a cohort of 183 people diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) and compares gender specific rates of SCE and clinical outcome variables. Methods: 111 men and 72 women with SMI were interviewed regarding SCE and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, dissociative symptoms, risk for self-harm, and adult re-victimization. Results: Both genders endorse high rates of SCE. Cumulative SCE (the sum of seven SCE) are linked to increased levels of all four outcome variables after adjusting for demographic factors. Conclusions: The study addresses the need to assess cumulative SCE in a population with SMI and its effects on clinical outcomes in both genders.
AB - Objective: This study examines stressful childhood experiences (SCE) including childhood abuse and family context in a cohort of 183 people diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) and compares gender specific rates of SCE and clinical outcome variables. Methods: 111 men and 72 women with SMI were interviewed regarding SCE and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, dissociative symptoms, risk for self-harm, and adult re-victimization. Results: Both genders endorse high rates of SCE. Cumulative SCE (the sum of seven SCE) are linked to increased levels of all four outcome variables after adjusting for demographic factors. Conclusions: The study addresses the need to assess cumulative SCE in a population with SMI and its effects on clinical outcomes in both genders.
KW - Childhood trauma
KW - Cumulative trauma
KW - Gender
KW - Posttraumatic stress disorder
KW - Serious mental illness
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U2 - 10.1007/s10896-014-9601-x
DO - 10.1007/s10896-014-9601-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84900845254
SN - 0885-7482
VL - 29
SP - 419
EP - 429
JO - Journal of Family Violence
JF - Journal of Family Violence
IS - 4
ER -
