Childhood Abuse and Lifetime Psychopathology in a Community Sample.

Authors :: Macmillan, Harriet L.
Fleming, Jan E.
Streiner, David L.
Lin, Elizabeth
Boyle, Michael H.
Jamieson, Ellen
Duku, Eric K.
Walsh, Christine A.
Wong, Maria Y.-Y.
Beardslee, William R.
Source :: American Journal of Psychiatry. Nov2001, Vol. 158 Issue 11, p1878. 6p. 4 Charts.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Examines the relationship between childhood maltreatment history and adult psychopathology in clinical populations in Ontario. Correlation between physical abuse and psychiatric morbidity; Issues on the social and environmental causes; Concerns on the nature and duration of the abuse.