Childhood trauma and the risk of violence in adulthood in a population with a psychotic illness

Abstract There are strong links between childhood trauma and the risk of violence (Ford et al., 2007). Despite evidence that people with psychotic disorders are at a higher risk of violence than the general population (Witt et al., 2013) there have been few studies that have examined the trauma-viol...

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Published in:Journal of psychiatric research 2014-07, Vol.54, p.121-125
Main Authors: Bosqui, Tania Josiane, Shannon, Ciarán, Tiernan, Bridget, Beattie, Nicola, Ferguson, John, Mulholland, Ciaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Child abuse
Child Abuse - psychology
Childhood abuse
Childhood trauma
Community conflict
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - etiology
Middle Aged
Psychiatry
Psychological trauma
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
Psychotic disorders
Regression Analysis
Risk assessment
Statistics as Topic
Surveys and Questionnaires
Violence
Violence - psychology
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract There are strong links between childhood trauma and the risk of violence (Ford et al., 2007). Despite evidence that people with psychotic disorders are at a higher risk of violence than the general population (Witt et al., 2013) there have been few studies that have examined the trauma-violence link in this population (Spidel et al., 2010). This study explored the association between a history of childhood trauma (abuse, neglect and conflict-related trauma) and the risk of violence in adults with psychotic disorders. The strongest associations with the risk of violence were found for sexual abuse ( r  = .32, p  
ISSN:0022-3956
1879-1379
DOI:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.03.011