Childhood maltreatment and personality disorders in adolescents and adults with psychotic or non-psychotic disorders

Autor: WenZheng Wang, Yin Cui, Qiang Hu, YanYan Wei, LiHua Xu, XiaoChen Tang, YeGang Hu, HaiChun Liu, ZiXuan Wang, Tao Chen, Ran Wang, CuiXia An, JiJun Wang, TianHong Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 15 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1664-0640
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1336118
Popis: IntroductionWhile the attention to personality disorders (PD) and childhood maltreatment (CM) has grown in recent years, there remains limited understanding of the prevalence and distinctions of PD and CM in clinical populations of Chinese adolescents in comparison to adults.MethodsA total of 1,417 participants were consecutively sampled from patients diagnosed with either psychotic or non-psychotic disorders in the psychiatric and psycho-counseling clinics at Shanghai Mental Health Center. The participants were categorized into two groups based on their age: adolescents (aged 15-21 years) and adults (aged 22-35 years). PDs were evaluated using a self-reported personality diagnostic questionnaire and a structured clinical interview, while CMs were assessed using the Chinese version of the Child Trauma Questionnaire Short Form.ResultsWhen comparing self-reported PD traits and CM between adolescents and adults, differences emerge. Adolescents, particularly in the psychotic disorder group, exhibit more pronounced schizotypal PD traits (p=0.029), and this pattern extends to non-psychotic disorders (p
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