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 Needs of women patients with mental illness

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalind Ramsay ◽  
Sarah Welch ◽  
Elizabeth Youard
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Women Patients ◽  
Specific Disorders ◽  
Gender Specific

Women patients suffer from a range of mental disorders similar to those that men may experience. However, there are some striking differences in the prevalence of specific disorders, and in their presentation and management. Some mental illnesses only occur in women. It seems that women patients may have a different experience of treatment, a consequence of differences in their needs and also of the way that health professionals perceive those needs. These differences are embedded in the wider cultural milieu in which we live. There are particular issues for women patients in relation to, for example, childhood sexual abuse, rape and domestic violence. At present, tools to measure needs of individual patients are generally not gender specific.

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.

The effects of early sexual abuse on adult risky sexual behaviors among persons with severe mental illness

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 1265-1279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Van Dorn ◽  
Sarah Mustillo ◽  
Eric B. Elbogen ◽  
Shannon Dorsey ◽  
Jeffrey W. Swanson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Risky Sexual Behaviors

Asking the Question: Childhood Sexual Abuse in Adults with Mental Illness

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolanda Mansfield ◽  
Tom Meehan ◽  
Robyn Forward ◽  
Fiona Richardson-Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Adults With Mental Illness

New directions for treatment research on sequelae of sexual abuse in persons with severe mental illness

1996 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley D. Rosenberg ◽  
Robert E. Drake ◽  
Kim Mueser
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Treatment Research

A Trio of Risk Factors for Childhood Sexual Abuse: Investigating Exposure to Parental Domestic Violence, Parental Addiction, and Parental Mental Illness as Correlates of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Social Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-277
Author(s):  
Esme Fuller-Thomson ◽  
Senyo Agbeyaka
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Risk Indicators ◽  
Parental Mental Illness ◽  
Exposure To Domestic Violence ◽  
Risk Factor Surveillance

Abstract Targeted screening for sexual abuse is needed for social workers to accurately identify those at risk. Drawing on a cumulative disadvantage framework, this study investigates how parental addictions, parental mental illness, and exposure to domestic violence, both individually and cumulatively, are associated with childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Two waves of regionally representative data were analyzed. Bivariate and logistic regression analyses were conducted using the 2010 Brief Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) (n = 9,241 men, n = 13,627 women) and replicated using the 2012 BRFSS (n = 11,656 men, n = 18,145 women). The 2010 data indicated that 8.5 percent of men who had endured all three childhood adversities reported that they had experienced CSA, compared with 0.6 percent of men who did not experience any of these adversities. Levels of CSA for women in 2010 were 28.7 percent for those experiencing all three risk indicators, and 2.1 percent for women with no risk indicators. Results were similar in the BRFSS 2012. Those with two or more risk factors had between five- and eightfold higher odds of CSA. Social workers may be able to decrease false positives if they screen for CSA based on the presence of two or more risk factors.

scholarly journals Physical and psychiatric comorbidity among patients with severe mental illness as seen in Uganda

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Stephen Mpango ◽  
Wilber Ssembajjwe ◽  
Godfrey Zari Rukundo ◽  
Carol Birungi ◽  
Allan Kalungi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Psychiatric Comorbidity ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Physical Disorders ◽  
Associated Risk Factors

AbstractThis study established the prevalence of physical and psychiatric comorbidity and associated risk factors among 1,201 out-patients with severe mental illness (SMI) attending Butabika and Masaka hospitals in Uganda. Participants completed an assessment battery; structured, standardized and locally translated instruments. SMIs were established using the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview version 7.2. We used logistic regression to determine the association between physical and psychiatric comorbidity and risk factors. Prevalence of physical and psychiatric comorbidity was 13.1 %. Childhood sexual abuse (aOR 1.06, 95% CI 1.03 -1.10, P=0.001), sexual abuse in adulthood (aOR 2.22, 95% CI 1.60 - 3.08, P<0.001), childhood physical abuse (aOR 1.07, 95% CI 1.03 - 1.10, P<0.001) and physical abuse in adulthood (aOR 1.69, 95% CI 1.30 - 2.20, P<0.001) were associated with an increased risk of having comorbid psychiatric and physical disorders. Emerging healthcare models in Uganda should optimise care for people with physical and psychiatric comorbidity.

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