@article{ref1,
title="Adverse childhood experiences and adult self-harm in a female forensic population",
journal="BJPsych bulletin",
year="2021",
author="Holden, Rachel and Stables, Imogen and Brown, Penelope and Fotiadou, Maria",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="AIMS AND METHOD: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among patients in a female forensic psychiatric in-patient medium-secure unit, and to analyse the link between ACEs, adulthood self-harm and associated comorbidities and risk factors. The study used a cross-sectional design, with data gathered from the anonymised electronic health records of patients. <br><br>RESULTS: It was found that there was a high prevalence of both ACEs and self-harm among this patient group, and that there was a relationship between the two; those with more ACEs were more likely to have self-harmed during adulthood. Of the individual ACE categories, it was also demonstrated that emotional abuse had a significant association with adulthood self-harm. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: In medium-secure settings for women, implementation of trauma-informed care will be beneficial because of the high number of those with mental disorders who have experienced adversity during their childhood.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2056-4694",
doi="10.1192/bjb.2021.34",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2021.34"
}