The relationship between childhood adversity, psychiatric disorder and clinical severity: results from a multi-centre study

Autor: Maria Martino, Martina Larsen-Paya, Martina Trinchieri, Marco Chiesa
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. 30:79-95
ISSN: 1474-9734
0266-8734
DOI: 10.1080/02668734.2016.1145131
Popis: Although several studies have shown a clear association between childhood adversities and later development of a number of psychiatric disorders, a number of recent reports have cast doubts regarding the aetiological role played by abuse, neglect and loss, arguing that they are neither necessary nor sufficient to account for the development of subsequent psychopathology. In this study, we aimed to investigate the associations and predictive power of childhood adversities on later onset of Axis-I &-II psychiatric conditions and the impact on severity of psychiatric presentation in a large sample of patients. This cross-sectional multi-centre study evaluated patients (N = 1136) recruited in fourteen NHS psychotherapy departments in the UK. Patients were assessed using a number of rater-based questionnaires and self-rated measures. Multiple regression analyses showed that childhood experiences of loss and physical abuse were predictive of severe personality disorder and borderline personality disorder, but n...
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