Departmento de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Santos, SP, Brazil.
Child Abuse Negl. 2010 Feb;34(2):95-104. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.07.001. Epub 2010 Feb 11.
In this study, we compared the frequency and intensity of childhood traumas in alcohol- or other drug-dependent patients, in patients with depression, and in a control group without psychiatric diagnoses.
The study had a retrospective design of a clinical sample of men and women from the groups listed above. They were evaluated by the same standardized instrument: the "Childhood Trauma Questionnaire."
A higher frequency and intensity of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse were found in alcohol- and other drug-dependent patients than in patients with depression, who, in turn, presented significantly higher proportions than the control group. In all of the cases, the frequency was higher among women than men.
Because of the high frequency and intensity of childhood traumas among alcohol- or other drug-dependent patients and depressed patients, the assessment of problems due to childhood traumas among these patients is essential to a better understanding of the etiology of those disorders and to their treatment.
本研究比较了酒精或其他药物依赖患者、抑郁患者和无精神诊断对照组中儿童期创伤的频率和严重程度。
该研究为回顾性设计，纳入了上述各组的男女临床样本。他们均由同一标准化工具评估：“儿童期创伤问卷”。
与抑郁患者相比，酒精和其他药物依赖患者的情感、身体和性虐待的频率和严重程度更高，而抑郁患者的比例又显著高于对照组。在所有情况下，女性的频率均高于男性。
由于酒精或其他药物依赖患者和抑郁患者的儿童期创伤频率和严重程度较高，因此评估这些患者的儿童期创伤问题对于更好地理解这些障碍的病因以及治疗这些障碍至关重要。
