[History of child abuse among patients with bipolar disorders].

BACKGROUND A history of child abuse is common and has a significant impact in the clinical course of patients diagnosed with bipolar disorders (BD). AIMS To assess the frequency of child abuse experiences in patients BD type I and to evaluate its association with clinical course and cognitive functioning variables. MATERIAL AND METHODS 117 patients with BD aged 45 ± 14 years (66% women) answered the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). The clinical course (illness onset, history of suicide attempts and number of hospitalizations) was obtained from medical records. Cognitive functioning was evaluated through social and non-social cognition tasks. RESULTS 64% of participants reported some type of child abuse. This variable was associated with an early onset of the disease (Odds ratio (OR) = 3.3; p < 0.02), increased risk of suicide attempts (OR = 2.4; p < 0.04) and specific disturbances in social cognitive tasks. CONCLUSIONS Our study supports evidence of a common history of child abuse in patients with BD. Although child abuse predicts a worse clinical course, major clinical practice guidelines, as well as research designs, do not highlight this evidence.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Revista médica de Chile (Impresa)

• Publication date

  2020-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.4067/S0034-98872020000200204PMID 32730497
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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