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Sexual and physical abuse among Korean female inpatients with schizophrenia *
Author(s) -
Kim Daeho,
Kaspar Violet,
Noh Samuel,
Nam Jung Hyun
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.20119
Subject(s) - sexual abuse , psychiatry , psychosocial , physical abuse , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , positive and negative syndrome scale , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , distress , anxiety , psychology , medicine , poison control , psychosis , injury prevention , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
The study reports the prevalence and correlates of sexual and physical abuse in a sample of 100 female inpatients with schizophrenia in South Korea. Clinical assessment interviews consisted of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms, an interview assessing history of sexual and repeated physical abuse, and demographic and psychosocial factors. Lifetime prevalence of severe sexual or physical abuse was 52%. Compared with nonabused patients ( n = 48), the abused patients ( n = 52) showed more nonpsychotic symptoms (i.e., anxiety, depression) and higher levels of distress, but no difference in psychotic symptoms. This study failed to note significant differences in positive symptoms addressed in previous Western studies.