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1454959

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-31
pubmed:abstractText
Although there is increasing awareness of the short-term psychological and social adaptations to childhood sexual abuse, little is known about the long-term effects of such abuse, particularly its effect on subsequent medical utilization and the experience and reporting of physical symptoms. We re-analyzed data from a previous study of 100 women scheduled for diagnostic laparoscopy (50 for chronic pain, 50 for tubal ligation or infertility evaluation) who received structured, physician-administered psychiatric and sexual abuse interviews. Women were regrouped by severity of childhood sexual abuse, and we compared the groups with respect to lifetime psychiatric diagnoses and medically unexplained symptom patterns. Unadjusted odds ratios showed that risk for lifetime diagnoses of major depression, panic disorder, phobia, somatization disorder and drug abuse, and current diagnoses of major depression and somatoform pain disorder were significantly higher in the severely abused group compared with women with no abuse or less severe abuse. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that number of somatization symptoms, lifetime panic disorder and drug dependence were predictive of a prior history of severe childhood sexual abuse. Psychiatric disorders and medical symptoms, particularly chronic pelvic pain, are common in women with histories of severe childhood sexual abuse. Clinicians should inquire about childhood sexual and physical abuse experiences in patients with multiple medical and psychiatric symptoms, particularly patients with chronic pelvic pain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0033-3174
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
658-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Medical and psychiatric symptoms in women with childhood sexual abuse.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article