Teicher M H, Glod C A, Surrey J, Swett C
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1993 Summer;5(3):301-6. doi: 10.1176/jnp.5.3.301.
The authors investigated the hypothesis that early abuse might affect the development of the limbic system. During initial psychiatric evaluation, 253 outpatients completed a self-report scale, the Limbic System Checklist-33 (LSCL-33), designed to measure somatic, sensory, behavioral, and memory symptoms suggestive of temporal lobe epilepsy, along with a questionnaire about physical or sexual abuse. Physical abuse was associated with a 38% increase in LSCL-33 scores (P < 0.01), sexual abuse with a 49% increase (P < 0.02), and combined abuse with a 113% increase (P < 0.0001). Physical or sexual abuse alone was associated with elevated LSCL-33 scores only if the abuse occurred before age 18.
作者们对早期虐待可能影响边缘系统发育这一假说进行了研究。在初次精神病学评估期间，253名门诊患者完成了一份自我报告量表——边缘系统检查表-33（LSCL-33），该量表旨在测量提示颞叶癫痫的躯体、感觉、行为和记忆症状，同时还完成了一份关于身体虐待或性虐待的问卷。身体虐待使LSCL-33得分增加了38%（P < 0.01），性虐待使其增加了49%（P < 0.02），而综合虐待使其增加了113%（P < 0.0001）。只有当虐待发生在18岁之前时，单独的身体虐待或性虐待才与LSCL-33得分升高有关。
