Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) in outpatients with anxiety and depressive disorders and their association with psychiatric and somatic comorbidity and revictimization. Cross-sectional observational study

•Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) are reported by 77.2% and Adult Adverse Experiences (AAE) by 58.7% of adult patients with anxiety or depressive disorder.•Psychiatric comorbidity is associated with higher ACE, somatic comorbidity is not.•Clear indications for general as well as sexual revictimiz...

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Published in:Journal of affective disorders 2019-03, Vol.246, p.458-464
Main Authors: van der Feltz-Cornelis, Christina M., Potters, Evelien C., van Dam, Anniek, Koorndijk, Rachel P.M., Elfeddali, Iman, van Eck van der Sluijs, Jonna F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adverse Adult Experiences
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Anxiety disorders
Comorbidity
Depressive disorders
PTSD
Revictimization
Somatic disorders
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Summary:•Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) are reported by 77.2% and Adult Adverse Experiences (AAE) by 58.7% of adult patients with anxiety or depressive disorder.•Psychiatric comorbidity is associated with higher ACE, somatic comorbidity is not.•Clear indications for general as well as sexual revictimization exist. This study aims to establish prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and their association with somatic comorbidity and adult adverse events (AAE) in outpatients with anxiety or depressive disorders. Cross-sectional observational design. Specialty mental health outpatients classified with DSM-IV-TR anxiety or depressive disorder filled-out the ACE-IQ and the AAE-IQ. T-tests, ANOVA, logistic regressions andChi-square analyses were performed and stratified for ACE score ≥4(high) versus ACE
ISSN:0165-0327
1573-2517
DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2018.12.096