Citation

Goff DC, Brotman AW, Kindlon D, Waites M, Amico E. Psychiatry Res. 1991; 37(1): 73-80.

Affiliation

Freedom Trail Clinic, Erich Lindemann Mental Health Center, Boston, MA 02114.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1862163

Abstract

A heterogeneous sample of 61 chronically psychotic patients were subgrouped according to the presence or absence of a self-reported history of childhood abuse. Patients reporting childhood abuse (n = 27) had an earlier age of onset, scored higher on the Dissociative Experiences Scale, reported more amnesia, and relapsed more frequently than patients not reporting abuse histories. Histories of childhood abuse and of past stimulant abuse predicted the score on the Dissociative Experiences Scale. A history of childhood abuse may thus contribute to the symptomatology and course of illness in some chronically psychotic patients.

Language: en