Childhood adversity and adult psychopathology

Kessler, Ronald C.; Gillis-Light, Jacquelyn; Magee, William; Kendler, Kenneth S.; Eaves, Lindon J.

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511527623.002

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“…Thus, Brown and Harris reported that childhood adversity was a risk factor for the development of both major depression and panic disorder (1993). Recent analyses by Kessler et al (1997) of the National Comorbidity Survey found that childhood adversity was significantly and positively associated with a recent prevalence of almost all psychiatric disorders, and that the effect was strongest for early onset cases than later onset cases. Kendler et al (1992) found that parental loss prior to the age of 17 was significantly related to mood and anxiety disorders including phobias with no diagnostic specificity among these disorders.…”

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Childhood adversity and vulnerability to mood and anxiety disorders

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Based upon epidemiological surveys, adverse childhood events are proposed to be risk factors for adult depressive and anxiety disorders. However, the extent to which these events are seen in clinical patient populations is less clear. We examined the prevalence of a number of proposed risk factors for depression in 650 patients with mood and anxiety disorders at the time of presentation for treatment in an outpatient subspecialty clinic. Emotional abuse, physical abuse, or sexual abuse (childhood adversity) was found in approximately 35% of patients with major depression and panic disorder, was more common in women than men, and was associated with an earlier onset of symptoms. Childhood adversity was also strongly associated with marital discord/divorce, and psychopathology in a parent, suggesting family discord predisposes to childhood abuse. Furthermore, the association of childhood abuse with parental mental illness suggests that genetic and environmental factors are difficult to separate as etiological factors in vulnerability. Depression and Anxiety 5:66–72, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc

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Childhood adversity and vulnerability to mood and anxiety disorders

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“…The relationship between adverse childhood experience and psychiatric morbidity in adulthood has been well studied (Browne & Finkelhor, 1986;Bryer, Nelson, Miller, & Krol, 1987;Kessler, Gillis-Light, Magee, Kendler, & Eaves, 1997). In particular, a relationship between childhood abuse or trauma and the subsequent development of anxiety disorders has been widely reported (Briere, 1992;David, Giron, & Mellman, 1995;Fierman et al, 1993;Kent & Waller, 1998).…”

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“…Previous research has indicated that adverse childhood experience is related to a variety of psychopathologies, including anxiety disorders (Kessler et al, 1997;Lochner et al, 2002;Stein et al, 1996). The present study provides further support for a link between adverse childhood experience and OCD symptoms.…”

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The relationship between adverse childhood experience and obsessive-compulsive symptoms and beliefs: The role of anxiety, depression, and experiential avoidance

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2009

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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“…Furthermore, data from various studies are inconsistent regarding both the short-term and the long-term impact of bereavement on a number of important children outcome measures (e.g., somatic symptoms, externalizing problems, and developmental outcomes) (Kessler, Davis, & Kendler, 1997;Lutzke et al).…”

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