scholarly journals Childhood trauma and hallucinations in bipolar affective disorder: preliminary investigation

2003 ◽  
Vol 182 (6) ◽  
pp. 543-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Hammersley ◽  
Anton Dias ◽  
Gillian Todd ◽  
Kim Bowen-Jones ◽  
Bernadette Reilly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Affective Disorder ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Bipolar Affective Disorder ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Auditory Hallucinations ◽  
Spontaneous Reports ◽  
The Relationship

BackgroundStrong evidence exists for an association between childhood trauma, particularly childhood sexual abuse, and hallucinations in schizophrenia. Hallucinations are also well-documented symptoms in people with bipolar affective disorder.AimsTo investigate the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and other childhood traumas and hallucinations in people with bipolar affective disorder.MethodA sample of 96 participants was drawn from the Medical Research Council multi-centre trial of cognitive–behavioural therapy for bipolar affective disorder. The trial therapists recorded spontaneous reports of childhood sexual abuse made during the course of therapy. Symptom data were collected by trained research assistants masked to the hypothesis.ResultsA significant association was found between those reporting general trauma (n=38) and auditory hallucinations. A highly significant association was found between those reporting childhood sexual abuse (n=15) and auditory hallucinations.ConclusionsThe relationship between childhood sexual abuse and hallucinations in bipolar disorder warrants further investigation.

scholarly journals Childhood sexual abuse and pathogenic parenting in the childhood recollections of adult twin pairs

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1293-1302 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. McLAUGHLIN ◽  
A. C. HEATH ◽  
K. K. BUCHOLZ ◽  
P. A. F. MADDEN ◽  
L. J. BIERUT ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Clear Relationship ◽  
Parental Rejection ◽  
Parental Overprotection ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Parenting Behaviour

Background. We examined the relationship between childhood sexual abuse (CSA), and interviewees' recollections of pathogenic parenting, testing for possible retrospective biases in the recollections of those who have experienced CSA.Methods. Information about CSA, parental divorce and interviewees' recollections of parental rejection, parental overprotection and perceived autonomy (as assessed through a shortened version of the Parental Bonding Instrument) was obtained through telephone interviews with 3626 Australian twins who had also returned self-report questionnaires several years earlier. Recollections of parental behaviours were compared for individuals from pairs in which neither twin, at least one twin, or both twins reported CSA.Results. Significant associations were noted between CSA and paternal alcoholism and between CSA and recollections of parental rejection. For women, individuals from CSA-discordant pairs reported levels of parental rejection that were significantly higher than those obtained from CSA-negative pairs. The levels of parental rejection observed for twins from CSA-discordant pairs did not differ significantly from those obtained from CSA-concordant pairs, regardless of respondent's abuse status. For men from CSA-discordant pairs, respondents reporting CSA displayed a tendency to report higher levels of parental rejection than did respondents not reporting CSA. Other measures of parenting behaviour (perceived autonomy and parental overprotection) failed to show a clear relationship with CSA.Conclusions. The relationship between CSA and respondents' recollections of parental rejection is not due solely to retrospective bias on the part of abused individuals and, consistent with other studies, may reflect a pathological family environment with serious consequences for all siblings.

scholarly journals Cigarette smoking and psychotic symptoms in bipolar affective disorder

2001 ◽  
Vol 179 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiden Corvin ◽  
Ed O'Mahony ◽  
Myra O'Regan ◽  
Claire Comerford ◽  
Robert O'Connell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Affective Disorder ◽  
Bipolar Affective Disorder ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Heavy Smoking ◽  
Ordinal Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Categorical Diagnosis ◽  
The Relationship

BackgroundAn association exists between smoking and schizophrenia, independent of other factors and related to psychotic symptomatology.AimsTo determine whether smoking is associated with psychosis in bipolar affective disorder.MethodSmoking data were collected from 92 unrelated patients with bipolar affective disorder. An ordinal logistic regression analysis tested the relationship between smoking severity and psychotic symptomatology, allowing for potential confounders.ResultsA significant relationship was detected between smoking/heavy smoking and history of psychosis (68.7%, n=44). Smoking was less prevalent in patients who were less symptomatic (56.5%, n=13) than in patients with a more severe psychosis (75.7%, n=31). Prevalence and severity of smoking predicted severity of psychotic symptoms (P=0.001), a relationship independent of other variables (P=0.0272).ConclusionA link between smoking and psychosis exists in bipolar affective disorder and may be independent of categorical diagnosis.

Cannabis use and psychosis: re-visiting the role of childhood trauma

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 2339-2348 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Houston ◽  
J. Murphy ◽  
M. Shevlin ◽  
G. Adamson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Sexual Experience ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Cannabis Use ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Independent Effect ◽  
Bivariate Model ◽  
Cannabis Consumption

BackgroundCannabis consumption continues to be identified as a causal agent in the onset and development of psychosis. However, recent findings have shown that the effect of cannabis on psychosis may be moderated by childhood traumatic experiences.MethodUsing hierarchical multivariate logistic analyses the current study examined both the independent effect of cannabis consumption on psychosis diagnosis and the combined effect of cannabis consumption and childhood sexual abuse on psychosis diagnosis using data from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007 (n=7403).ResultsFindings suggested that cannabis consumption was predictive of psychosis diagnosis in a bivariate model; however, when estimated within a multivariate model that included childhood sexual abuse, the effect of cannabis use was attenuated and was not statistically significant. The multivariate analysis revealed that those who had experienced non-consensual sex in childhood were over six times [odds ratio (OR) 6.10] more likely to have had a diagnosis of psychosis compared with those who had not experienced this trauma. There was also a significant interaction. Individuals with a history of non-consensual sexual experience and cannabis consumption were over seven times more likely (OR 7.84) to have been diagnosed with psychosis compared with those without these experiences; however, this finding must be interpreted with caution as it emerged within an overall analytical step which was non-significant.ConclusionsFuture studies examining the effect of cannabis consumption on psychosis should adjust analyses for childhood trauma. Childhood trauma may advance existing gene–environment conceptualisations of the cannabis–psychosis link.

The relationship between childhood sexual abuse and alcohol abuse in women - a case-control study

Addiction ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 93 (12) ◽  
pp. 1787-1798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian Fleming ◽  
Paul E. Mullen ◽  
Beverly Sibthorpe ◽  
Robyn Attewell ◽  
Gabriele Bammer
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Control Study

Interpersonal Rejection Sensitivity in Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane A. Luterek ◽  
Gerlinde C. Harb ◽  
Richard G. Heimberg ◽  
Brian P. Marx
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Anger Suppression ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
Adjustment Difficulties ◽  
Interpersonal Rejection ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated whether interpersonal rejection sensitivity serves a mediating role between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and three long-term psychological correlates of CSA in adult female survivors: depressive symptoms, anger suppression, and attenuated emotional expression. Interpersonal rejection sensitivity has been shown to be a risk factor for the development of depression and is elevated in CSA survivors. Similarly, attenuated emotional expression, particularly anger, has been related to adjustment difficulties in CSA survivors. Participants in this study were 355 female undergraduates, 34 ofwhomreported a history of CSA. Results demonstrated that interpersonal rejection sensitivity mediates the relationship between CSA and later depressive symptoms. Interpersonal rejection sensitivity partially mediated the relationship between CSA and anger suppression; however, it did not mediate the relationship between CSA and attenuated emotional expression. These results are examined within the context of the current literature on adult CSA survivors and their implications are discussed.

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