Relationships Between Childhood Maltreatment, Adult Health and Psychiatric Outcomes, and Medical Utilization

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dc.contributor.authorArnow, B. A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-25T16:31:05Z
dc.date.available2014-07-25T16:31:05Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractChildhood maltreatment strongly predicts poor psychiatric and physical health outcomes in adulthood. This overview of the literature shows that individuals who suffer abuse, neglect, or serious family dysfunction as children are more likely to be depressed, to experience other types of psychiatric illness, to have more physical symptoms (both medically explained and unexplained), and to engage in more health-risk behaviors than their nonabused counterparts. The more severe the abuse, the stronger the association with poor outcomes in adulthood. Childhood sexual abuse in particular has been repeatedly associated, in adulthood, with physical complaints such as chronic pain that are likewise associated with depression. Individuals with a history of childhood abuse, particularly sexual abuse, are more likely than individuals with no history of abuse to become high utilizers of medical care and emergency services. Childhood maltreatment is highly prevalent among both men and women, especially in specialty settings such as emergency psychiatric care. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationArnow, B. A. (2004). Relationships between childhood maltreatment, adult health and psychiatric outcomes, and medical utilization. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 65, 10-15.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.universitypsychiatry.com/clientuploads/pes/Arnow_JCP_2004_65_s12_10.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1595
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Clinical Psychiatryen_US
dc.subjectneglecten_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectrisk behavioren_US
dc.subjectlong term effectsen_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjecthealthcare utilizationen_US
dc.subjectphysical effectsen_US
dc.subjectillnessen_US
dc.titleRelationships Between Childhood Maltreatment, Adult Health and Psychiatric Outcomes, and Medical Utilizationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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