Adverse childhood experiences and psychological functioning among women with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder : population-based study

BACKGROUND: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are well-known risk factors for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

AIMS: The aim was to study the associations between specific ACEs and psychological functioning in women with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

METHOD: Among 29 367 women (mean age 44 years) from the Icelandic Stress-And-Gene-Analysis (SAGA) study, 534 (1.8%, mean age 40) reported having been diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, which were combined to 'severe mental disorders'. Participants reported on 13 types of ACEs, childhood deprivation and psychological functioning (defined as coping ability and current symptoms of depression, anxiety and sleep disturbances). Adjusted Poisson regression calculated prevalence ratios (PRs) between ACEs and severe mental disorders. Linear regression assessed the association between ACEs and psychological functioning among women with a severe mental disorder.

RESULTS: Women with a severe mental disorder reported more ACEs (mean 4.57, s.d. = 2.82) than women without (mean 2.51, s.d. = 2.34) in a dose-dependent manner (fully-adjusted PR = 1.23 per ACE, 95% CI 1.20-1.27). After mutual adjustment for other ACEs, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, mental illness of a household member, emotional neglect, bullying and collective violence were associated with severe mental disorders. Among women with severe mental disorders, a higher number of ACEs was associated with increased symptom burden of depression (β = 2.79, 95% CI = 1.19-4.38) and anxiety (β = 2.04, 95% CI = 0.99-3.09) including poorer sleep quality (β = 0.83, 95% CI = 0.07-1.59). Findings were similar for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder separately.

CONCLUSION: Women with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder show a strong history of ACEs, which may interfere with their psychological functioning and, therefore, need to be addressed as part of their treatment, for example, with trauma-focused psychotherapy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:224

Enthalten in:

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 224(2024), 1 vom: 14. Jan., Seite 6-12

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Köhler-Forsberg, Ole [VerfasserIn]
Ge, Fenfen [VerfasserIn]
Hauksdóttir, Arna [VerfasserIn]
Thordardottir, Edda Bjork [VerfasserIn]
Ásbjörnsdóttir, Kristjana [VerfasserIn]
Rúnarsdóttir, Harpa [VerfasserIn]
Tómasson, Gunnar [VerfasserIn]
Jakobsdóttir, Jóhanna [VerfasserIn]
Guðmundsdóttir, Berglind [VerfasserIn]
Björnsson, Andri Steinþór [VerfasserIn]
Sigurðsson, Engilbert [VerfasserIn]
Aspelund, Thor [VerfasserIn]
Valdimarsdottir, Unnur A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adverse childhood experiences
Bipolar disorder
Childhood deprivation
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Schizophrenia

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Date Completed 25.12.2023

Date Revised 06.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1192/bjp.2023.128

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363429697