Current Sexual Stressors as Mediators of the Relation between Past Sexual Abuse and Current Psychological Symptoms in Urban Youth

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn E. Grant ◽  
Aoife L. Lyons ◽  
Jo-Ann S. Finkelstein ◽  
Kathryn M. Conway ◽  
Linda K. Reynolds ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Current Psychological

scholarly journals STRESS, TRAUMA, PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND RESILIENCE OF WOMEN AS REFLECTED IN VARIOUS MOVIES AROUND THE WORLD

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Shib Shankar Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
The World ◽  
Schindler's List

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between stressor due to restriction of women movement, traumatic events due to war, sexual abuse or domestic harassment and psychological symptoms, quality of life, and resilience. To explore the topic I analyzed samples consisted of 16 randomly selected subjects from sixteen various movies - Deliver Us From Evil, Forbidden Games, Metamorphosis, Monster, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Cemetery Club, Schindler’s List, The Cemetery Club, The Magdalene, The White Ribbon, Two Women, Taken, Empty Suitcase, Damini- Lightning, Dahan (Crossfire) and Ghajini.

Pathway to Expectations of Child Functioning Following Sexual Abuse: Caregiver Maltreatment History and Depressive Symptoms

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110435
Author(s):  
Akemi E. Mii ◽  
Kelsey McCoy ◽  
Hannah M. Coffey ◽  
Mary Fran Flood ◽  
and David J. Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Childhood Maltreatment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Predominately White ◽  
Biological Mothers ◽  
Outcomes For Children ◽  
Negative Expectations

Caregiver responses and behaviors often play a significant role in a child’s recovery following child sexual abuse (CSA). Caregiver expectations of their child’s postabuse functioning has been associated with child symptoms, such that negative expectations lead to worse outcomes for the child. Additionally, caregivers who experienced maltreatment in their own childhood may face difficulties providing support to their child after CSA. Caregivers’ own psychological symptoms may influence their expectations for their child’s future functioning following CSA. This study utilized structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the association between caregivers’ childhood maltreatment histories, their expectations for their child’s future functioning following CSA, and the indirect effect of caregiver depressive symptoms on this relationship. Participants were 354 nonoffending caregivers presenting to treatment with their child following CSA disclosure. Caregivers were 23-72 years old ( M = 38.38, SD = 8.02), predominately white, and predominately biological mothers to the youth who were abused. Results indicated that caregivers who experienced maltreatment in childhood were more likely to experience depressive symptoms, which then lead to more negative expectations of their child’s future functioning. As negative expectations are associated with poorer outcomes for children following CSA, increased attention to caregivers’ depressive symptoms in treatment may promote more positive expectations for their child’s postabuse functioning.

Conducting the assessment: examining the patient

Psychiatry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca McKnight ◽  
Jonathan Price ◽  
John Geddes
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
The Body ◽  
Disturbed Sleep ◽  
Mental Health Settings ◽  
History Of ◽  
Objective View ◽  
Current Psychological ◽  
The Mind ◽  
State Examination

In general hospital and community settings, the term ‘physical examination’ is almost always applied to the procedures used by medical and other staff to examine the body, including the nervous system, of patients. In mental health settings, the terms ‘psy­chological examination’ or ‘mental examination’ might seem most appropriate for the procedures used to examine the mind. However, the lengthier term ‘mental state examination’ is usually used, often with capitals, for reasons of tradition. This term is often shortened to MSE. You will find that effective communication of the re­sults of the MSE requires familiarity with many new terms and with their precise meanings. It is important that you grapple with these issues early on in your training. Like specific diagnostic terms, the terms for specific abnormalities of mental state become an ef­fective shorthand, aiding communication between healthcare professionals. The goal of the MSE is to elicit the patient’s cur­rent psychopathology, that is, their abnormal sub­jective experiences, and an objective view of their mental state, including abnormal behaviour. It therefore includes both symptoms (what the pa­tient reports about current psychological symptoms, such as mood, thoughts, beliefs, abnormal percep­tions, cognitive function, etc.) and signs (what you observe about the patient’s behaviour during the interview). Inevitably, the MSE (i.e. now) merges at the edges with the history of the presenting problems (recently). Behavioural abnormalities which the pa­tient reports as still present, but which cannot be ob­served at interview (e.g. disturbed sleep, overeating, cutting) are part of the history of the presenting illness. A symptom which has resolved, such as an abnormal belief held last week but not today, should usually form part of the history, but will not be re­ported in the MSE. In contrast, an abnormal belief held last week which is still held today will be re­ported in both the history of the presenting prob­lems and the MSE. The components of the MSE are listed in Box 5.1. In taking the history, the interviewer will have learnt about the patient’s symptoms up to the time of the consultation. Often the clinical features on the day of the examination are no different from those described in the recent past, in which case the mental state will overlap with the recent history.

scholarly journals History of Abuse and Psychological Distress Symptoms Among Female Sex Workers in Two Mexico–U.S. Border Cities

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica D. Ulibarri ◽  
Shirley J. Semple ◽  
Swati Rao ◽  
Steffanie A. Strathdee ◽  
Miguel A. Fraga-Vallejo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Current Psychological ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Physical And Sexual Abuse

This study examined histories of past emotional, physical, and sexual abuse as correlates of current psychological distress using data from 916 female sex workers (FSWs) who were enrolled in a safer-sex behavioral intervention in Tijuana and Ciudad (Cd.) Juarez, Mexico. We hypothesized that histories of abuse would be associated with higher symptom levels of depression and somatization and that social support would moderate the relationship. Nonparametric correlations and a series of hierarchical regression analyses revealed that all forms of past abuse predicted higher levels of depressive symptoms, and physical and sexual abuse were significantly associated with higher levels of somatic symptoms. Social support was also significantly associated with fewer symptoms of distress; however, it was not shown to moderate the relationship between abuse history and distress.

FC04.05 Personality dimensions and current psychological symptoms nine months after a stressful event (air attacks)

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (S2) ◽  
pp. 244s-244s
Author(s):  
D. Lecic-Tosevski ◽  
S. Priebe ◽  
J. Gavrilovic ◽  
M. Pejovic-Milovancevic ◽  
G. Knezevic
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Stressful Event ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Current Psychological
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