TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Adult mood disorders and childhood psychological trauma
JO  - Revista brasileira de psiquiatria
A1  - Zavaschi, Maria Lucrécia Scherer
A1  - Graeff, Maria Elisa
A1  - Menegassi, Marcos Tatit
A1  - Mardini, Victor
A1  - Pires, Denise Winkler Simões
A1  - Carvalho, Rafael Homem de
A1  - Rohde, Luis Augusto Paim
A1  - Eizirik, Cláudio Laks
SP  - 184
EP  - 190
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between adult mood disorders and childhood psychological trauma in a developing country. METHOD: Adults with and without mood disorders were assessed in a case-control study using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Assessment of childhood trauma included physical and sexual abuse, frequent exposure to violence, and parental loss. RESULTS: In two independent multivariate analyses, after adjusting for potential confounding factors, we found a higher odds ratio for frequent exposure to violence in the community (p = .037) and for physical abuse by parents or caregivers during childhood/adolescence (p = .012) in the group with mood disorders than in the control group. In secondary analyses splitting the mood disorder group in two subgroups (manic episode, and major depressive episodes/ dysthymia), only manic patients showed significantly higher rates of frequent exposure to violence in the community (p = 0.01) and physical abuse during childhood (p = 0.02) than did patients in the control group. In addition, maniac patients had significantly higher rates of sexual abuse than did controls (p = .03). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings document an association between violence during childhood and adult mood disorders, especially for manic patients, in a developing country.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1516-4446
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -