Memory as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Child Sexual Abuse and Maladaptive Functioning in People With Severe Mental Illness

2009 ◽  
Vol 197 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kee-Hong Choi ◽  
L Felice Reddy ◽  
Nancy H. Liu ◽  
William D. Spaulding
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Childhood sexual abuse in patients with severe mental Illness: Demographic, clinical and functional correlates

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nomi Werbeloff ◽  
Johan Hilge Thygesen ◽  
Joseph F. Hayes ◽  
Essi M. Viding ◽  
Sonia Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Severe Mental Illness

scholarly journals Associations between adverse childhood experiences and acquired brain injury, including traumatic brain injuries, among adults: 2014 BRFSS North Carolina

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 514-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angie S Guinn ◽  
Katie A Ports ◽  
Derek C Ford ◽  
Matt Breiding ◽  
Melissa T Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Acquired Brain Injury ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Relationship

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can negatively affect lifelong health and opportunity. Acquired brain injury (ABI), which includes traumatic brain injury (TBI) as well as other causes of brain injury, is a health condition that affects millions annually. The present study uses data from the 2014 North Carolina Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine the relationship between ACEs and ABI. The study sample included 3454 participants who completed questions on both ABI and ACEs. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to determine the relationship between ACEs and ABI as well as ACEs and TBI. Sexual abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse, household mental illness and household substance abuse were significantly associated with ABI after adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, gender and employment. Compared with those reporting no ACEs, individuals reporting three ACEs had 2.55 times the odds of having experienced an ABI; individuals reporting four or more ACEs had 3.51 times the odds of having experienced an ABI. Examining TBI separately, those who experienced sexual abuse, physical abuse, household mental illness and had incarcerated household members in childhood had greater odds of reported TBI, after adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, gender and income. Respondents reporting three ACEs (AOR=4.16, 95% CI (1.47 to 11.76)) and four or more ACEs (AOR=3.39, 95% CI (1.45 to 7.90)) had significantly greater odds of reporting TBI than respondents with zero ACEs. Prevention of early adversity may reduce the incidence of ABI; however, additional research is required to elucidate the potential pathways from ACEs to ABI, and vice versa.

scholarly journals Just Like Any Other Family? Everyday Life Experiences of Mothers of Adults with Severe Mental Illness in Sweden

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 1023-1032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Piuva ◽  
Helene Brodin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Family Carer ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Care Support ◽  
Mothers Experiences

AbstractThis study explores experiences of mothers in Sweden who care for their adult children suffering from severe mental illness. Using 15 interviews with mothers from 40 to 80 years old, the article examines how predominant professional knowledge and sanism constructs the mothers and their children as deviant and what counterstrategies the mothers develop as a response to these experiences of discrimination. The findings show that the mothers’ experiences are characterized by endless confrontations with negative attitudes and comments that have forced them to go through painful and prolonged processes of self-accusations for not having given enough love, care, support and help in different stages of their children's life. But the mothers’ experiences also reveal important aspects of changes over the life span. As the mothers are ageing, the relationship between them and their children becomes more reciprocal and the ill child may even take the role as family carer.

Exploration of the Relationship between Severe and Complex Disabilities and Child Sexual Abuse: A Call for Relevant Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 759-780
Author(s):  
Ian Barron ◽  
Stuart Allardyce ◽  
Hannah Young ◽  
Rebecca Levit
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
The Relationship

Sexual Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adult Women with Severe Mental Illness: A Pilot Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 456-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Bonugli ◽  
Margaret H. Brackley ◽  
Gail B. Williams ◽  
Janna Lesser
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Adult Women

Childhood Abuse as a Precursor to Homelessness for Homeless Women With Severe Mental Illness

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Davies-Netzley ◽  
Michael S. Hurlburt ◽  
Richard L. Hough
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Homeless Women ◽  
Physical And Sexual Abuse

Previous studies of childhood abuse levels among homeless women have typically focused either on single homeless women or female heads of families; almost none have focused specifically on homeless women with severe mental illness. This study explores rates of childhood physical and sexual abuse among 120 homeless women with severe mental illness. Correlates of experiencing childhood abuse are considered, including mental health outcomes and when women first become homeless. The prevalence of childhood abuse in this sample of women was substantially higher than among homeless women in general. The experience of childhood abuse was related to increased suicidality, and resulted in symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder for some women. Women who had suffered abuse were also much more likely to become homeless during childhood and it is suggested that this is an important precursor to homelessness for many homeless women with chronic and severe mental illness.

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