%0 Journal Article
%T Childhood sexual abuse in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: a pilot study
%J Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
%D 1993
%A Herzog, D. B.
%A Staley, J. E.
%A Carmody, S.
%A Robbins, W. M.
%A van der Kolk, B. A.
%V 32
%N 5
%P 962-966
%X OBJECTIVES: The aims of this pilot study were to determine the feasibility and scientific merit of coordinating a large-scale investigation of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) in outpatient-eating disordered women and to evaluate the usefulness and potential adverse effects of a semistructured trauma interview. METHOD: The sample was randomly selected from subjects participating in a naturalistic longitudinal study of anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN). The refusal rate was 26%. Twenty women with DSM-III-R AN/BN were assessed with the traumatic antecedents interview (TAI); a brief semistructured follow-up interview was administered over the telephone 3 to 8 weeks after the first interview. Subjects also completed the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES). RESULTS: Thirteen subjects (65%) reported CSA, and those with more comorbidity reported CSA more frequently. Subjects with a history of CSA had significantly higher scores on the DES. Minimal adverse consequences to the TAI were noted. CONCLUSIONS: The high compliance rate, high prevalence of CSA, and high DES scores among our pilot sample support the merit of studying CSA in a larger sample.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
%@ 0890-8567
%U http://dx.doi.org/