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| TITLE |
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| Early sexual abuse and lifetime psychopathology: a co-twin-control study. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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| BACKGROUND |
NlmCategory: BACKGROUND |
| This study was designed to determine lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders among twins who reported childhood sexual abuse (CSA), and to compare these rates with those among non-abused co-twins. The contribution of familial and individual-specific factors to reported sexual abuse was also examined. |
| METHOD |
NlmCategory: METHODS |
| Information about lifetime psychopathology and substance use was obtained by structured telephone interviews with 5995 Australian twins. Twins who reported a history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) were contrasted on lifetime psychopathology with subjects without such a history; in addition, comparisons were made between same-sex twin pairs discordant for CSA. |
| RESULTS |
NlmCategory: RESULTS |
| A history of CSA was reported by 5.9% of the women and 2.5% of the men. In the sample as a whole, those reporting CSA were more likely to receive lifetime diagnoses of major depression, conduct disorder, panic disorder and alcoholism, and were more likely to report suicidal ideation and a history of suicide attempt. Abused women, but not men, were also more likely to report social phobia. When comparisons were restricted to non-abused co-twins, no differences in psychopathology were seen. However, rates of major depression, conduct disorder and suicidal ideation were higher if both co-twins were abused than if the respondent alone reported CSA. Model-fitting indicated that shared environmental factors influenced risk for reported CSA in women, but not in men. |
| CONCLUSION |
NlmCategory: CONCLUSIONS |
| The association between CSA and psychopathology arises at least in part through the influence of shared familial factors on both risk of victimization and risk of psychopathology. |
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| DATE PUBLISHED |
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| HISTORY |
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| PUBSTATUS |
PUBSTATUSDATE |
| pubmed |
2000/03/18 09:00 |
| medline |
2000/04/15 09:00 |
| entrez |
2000/03/18 09:00 |
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| AUTHORS |
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| NAME |
COLLECTIVENAME |
LASTNAME |
FORENAME |
INITIALS |
AFFILIATION |
AFFILIATIONINFO |
| Dinwiddie S |
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Dinwiddie |
S |
S |
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Finch University of Health Sciences Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Chicago Medical School, IL 60074-3095, USA. |
| Heath AC |
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Heath |
A C |
AC |
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| Dunne MP |
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Dunne |
M P |
MP |
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| Bucholz KK |
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Bucholz |
K K |
KK |
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| Madden PA |
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Madden |
P A |
PA |
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| Slutske WS |
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Slutske |
W S |
WS |
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| Bierut LJ |
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Bierut |
L J |
LJ |
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| Statham DB |
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Statham |
D B |
DB |
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| Martin NG |
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Martin |
N G |
NG |
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| INVESTIGATORS |
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| JOURNAL |
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| VOLUME: 30 |
| ISSUE: 1 |
| TITLE: Psychological medicine |
| ISOABBREVIATION: Psychol Med |
| YEAR: 2000 |
| MONTH: Jan |
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| CITEDMEDIUM: Print |
| ISSN: 0033-2917 |
| ISSNTYPE: Print |
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| MEDLINE JOURNAL |
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| MEDLINETA: Psychol Med |
| COUNTRY: England |
| ISSNLINKING: 0033-2917 |
| NLMUNIQUEID: 1254142 |
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| PUBLICATION TYPE |
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| PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT |
| Journal Article |
| Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
| Twin Study |
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| COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS |
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| GRANTS |
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| GRANTID |
AGENCY |
COUNTRY |
| AA07535 |
NIAAA NIH HHS |
United States |
| AA07728 |
NIAAA NIH HHS |
United States |
| AA10249 |
NIAAA NIH HHS |
United States |
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| GENERAL NOTE |
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| KEYWORDS |
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| MESH HEADINGS |
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QUALIFIERNAME |
| Adult |
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| Animals |
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| Case-Control Studies |
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| Cats |
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| Child |
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| Child Abuse, Sexual |
psychology |
| Crime Victims |
psychology |
| Female |
psychology |
| Humans |
psychology |
| Male |
psychology |
| Mental Disorders |
etiology |
| Sex Factors |
etiology |
| Suicide, Attempted |
psychology |
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