TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Child maltreatment and adult psychopathology in an Irish context
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Fitzhenry, Mark
A1  - Harte, Elizabeth
A1  - Carr, Alan
A1  - Keenleyside, Mairi
A1  - O'Hanrahan, Kevin
A1  - White, Megan Daly
A1  - Hayes, Jennifer
A1  - Cahill, Paul
A1  - Noonan, Hester
A1  - O'Shea, Helen
A1  - McCullagh, Avril
A1  - McGuinness, Shaun
A1  - Rodgers, Catherine
A1  - Whelan, Neal
A1  - Sheppard, Noel
A1  - Browne, Stephen
SP  - 101
EP  - 107
VL  - 45
IS  - 
N2  - One-hundred-ninety-nine adult mental health service users were interviewed with a protocol that included the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, the Structured Clinical Interviews for Axis I and II DSM-IV disorders, the Global Assessment of Functioning scale, the SCORE family assessment measure, the Camberwell Assessment of Need Short Appraisal Schedule, and the Readiness for Psychotherapy Index. Compared to a U.S. normative sample, Irish clinical cases had higher levels of maltreatment. Cases with comorbid axis I and II disorders reported more child maltreatment than those with axis I disorders only. There was no association between types of CM and types of psychopathology. Current family adjustment and service needs (but not global functioning and motivation for psychotherapy) were correlated with a CM history. It was concluded that child maltreatment may contribute to the development of adult psychopathology, and higher levels of trauma are associated with co-morbid personality disorder, greater service needs and poorer family adjustment. A history of child maltreatment should routinely be determined when assessing adult mental health service users, especially those with personality disorders and where appropriate evidence-based psychotherapy which addresses childhood trauma should be offered.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.04.021
ID  - ref1
ER  -