Current Psychopathological Symptoms in Children and Adolescents Who Suffered Different Forms of Maltreatment

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the current psychopathological problems of different forms associated with maltreatment on children's and adolescents' mental health. Ninety-five females and ninety males with a mean age of 8.8 years who have suffered in the last six months different forms of abuse (physical, sexual, and emotional) and neglect were included in the study. The current reaction to trauma as directly observed by clinical instruments was examined. Differences in gender, age at the time of medical examination, familial psychiatric disorders, neuropsychiatric status, and type of maltreatment were also taken into account. Results documented that 95.1% of abused children and adolescents developed a psychiatric disorder or a subclinical form of a Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Moreover, our data demonstrate a role for gender, age, and familial psychiatric comorbidity in the current psychopathological problems associated with maltreatment. Overall, our findings can help clinicians make a diagnosis and provide efficient treatment and prevention strategies for child maltreatment and abuse.

Gender differences in the associations between childhood adversity and psychopathology in the general population

“…In agreement with previous studies [ 28 , 48 , 49 ], our findings confirmed the non-specific influence of early life adversity across all symptom domains in men and women. Nonetheless, several observations should be noted.…”

“…Furthermore, the findings converged with the follow-up analyses on psychopathology subdomains, showing significant associations of physical and emotional neglect with certain symptom domains among men, but null associations in women. Although some previous studies do not show such gender-specific pattern [ 31 , 49 ], several studies support the idea that neglect domains are more relevant for the pathoetiology of mental health in men. A longitudinal study in Danish offspring of mothers of individuals with schizophrenia showed that institutionalization, which is linked to parental absence, increased symptoms of thought disorder specifically among men [ 60 ].…”

Consecuencias del maltrato infantil en un hospital de Maracaibo-Venezuela

“…Los factores que desencadenan la conducta de maltrato infantil son entre otros, la baja situación económica, el desempleo, el hacinamiento y la disfuncionalidad familiar (Pérez y Reinoza, 2011;Cuba, Jurado, Romero y Cuba, 2013;Pérez, 2013;Gómez, et al, 2015). Asimismo, el maltrato infantil antes de los 8 años se relaciona de manera significativa con síntomas somáticos, depresión, ansiedad, aislamiento, alteraciones conductuales como ruptura de normas, conducta agresiva (Fernández-Daza y Fernández-Parra, 2013;De Rose, et al, 2016; Hewitt-Ramírez y Moreno-Méndez, 2018) y conducta antisocial en la adolescencia (Morillo y Birkbeck, 2017).…”

Auswirkungen von Missbrauch, Misshandlung und Vernachlässigung im Kindesalter auf die psychische und physische Gesundheit im Erwachsenenalter

“…Dies gilt nicht nur für Studien an Erwachsenen, auch bei Kindern und Jugendlichen, die einen Missbrauchs-oder Misshandlungs-bzw. Vernachlässigungserleben innerhalb der letzten sechs Monate berichteten, konnte bei 95,1% irgendeine Form einer psychischen Erkrankung nachgewiesen werden (10). Einen der umfangreichsten systematischen Reviews und eine Metaanalyse zu der Thematik von Gesundheitsfolgen von Kindesmisshandlung und -missbrauch sowie Vernachlässigung wurde von Norman et al (29) Bezogen auf psychische Misshandlungen konnten in Studien anhand von Daten des National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and related Conditions aus den Jahren 2004 und 2005 (n = 34 653) der Zusammenhang zwischen Vernachlässigung und psychischer Misshandlung und Folgeerkrankungen geschildert werden.…”