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Comparison of developmental trauma between immigrant and non-immigrant psychotic patients

INTRODUCTION: Meta-analytic evidence suggests that migrants have higher risk for psychotic disorders. Likewise, growing evidence relate developmental trauma (emotional, sexual, physical abuse and neglect in childhood or adolescence) as a causal factor for psychotic symptoms. However, few studies exa...

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Autores principales: Trabsa, A., Llimona, A., Vargas, L., Casanovas, F., Martín, M., Valiente, A., Moreno, A., Amann, B., Pérez-Solà, V.
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9470421/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1943
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author Trabsa, A.
Llimona, A.
Vargas, L.
Casanovas, F.
Martín, M.
Valiente, A.
Moreno, A.
Amann, B.
Pérez-Solà, V.
author_facet Trabsa, A.
Llimona, A.
Vargas, L.
Casanovas, F.
Martín, M.
Valiente, A.
Moreno, A.
Amann, B.
Pérez-Solà, V.
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description INTRODUCTION: Meta-analytic evidence suggests that migrants have higher risk for psychotic disorders. Likewise, growing evidence relate developmental trauma (emotional, sexual, physical abuse and neglect in childhood or adolescence) as a causal factor for psychotic symptoms. However, few studies examine developmental trauma in migrant populations. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to describe and compare developmental trauma exposure prevalence between immigrant and non-immigrant psychotic patients in Barcelona. METHODS: Patients who have presented, according DSM-V criteria, one or more non-affective psychotic episodes, were recruited in Acute and Chronic inpatients units at Hospital del Mar (Barcelona), leading to a total sample of 77 patients. Demographic characteristics of patients, clinical data and main pharmacological treatment were recorded through a questionnaire. Developmental trauma exposure was assessed by Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Comparative analysis was performed with IBM SPSS using Chi-Square Test and t-Student test. RESULTS: From a total of 77 patients, 43 were immigrants and 34 were non-immigrants. Exposure to traumatic events showed significant differences between immigrants and non-immigrant in Child emotional abuse (64,4% immigrants, 35,3% non-immigrant), Child physical abuse (51,2% immigrants, 14,7% non-immigrant), Child Sexual Abuse (41,9% immigrants, 11,8% non-immigrant) and physical neglect (62,8% immigrants, 26,5% non-immigrant). Emotional neglect exposure was no significant between both groups. Total mean CTQ score was 37,53 in immigrants group and 52,60 in non-immigrant group. CONCLUSIONS: According to our results, there are important and significant differences in developmental trauma exposure between immigrant and non-immigrant psychotic patients. These results should be considered by clinicians in order to design assessment program for this population. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships.
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spelling pubmed-94704212022-09-29 Comparison of developmental trauma between immigrant and non-immigrant psychotic patients Trabsa, A. Llimona, A. Vargas, L. Casanovas, F. Martín, M. Valiente, A. Moreno, A. Amann, B. Pérez-Solà, V. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: Meta-analytic evidence suggests that migrants have higher risk for psychotic disorders. Likewise, growing evidence relate developmental trauma (emotional, sexual, physical abuse and neglect in childhood or adolescence) as a causal factor for psychotic symptoms. However, few studies examine developmental trauma in migrant populations. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to describe and compare developmental trauma exposure prevalence between immigrant and non-immigrant psychotic patients in Barcelona. METHODS: Patients who have presented, according DSM-V criteria, one or more non-affective psychotic episodes, were recruited in Acute and Chronic inpatients units at Hospital del Mar (Barcelona), leading to a total sample of 77 patients. Demographic characteristics of patients, clinical data and main pharmacological treatment were recorded through a questionnaire. Developmental trauma exposure was assessed by Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Comparative analysis was performed with IBM SPSS using Chi-Square Test and t-Student test. RESULTS: From a total of 77 patients, 43 were immigrants and 34 were non-immigrants. Exposure to traumatic events showed significant differences between immigrants and non-immigrant in Child emotional abuse (64,4% immigrants, 35,3% non-immigrant), Child physical abuse (51,2% immigrants, 14,7% non-immigrant), Child Sexual Abuse (41,9% immigrants, 11,8% non-immigrant) and physical neglect (62,8% immigrants, 26,5% non-immigrant). Emotional neglect exposure was no significant between both groups. Total mean CTQ score was 37,53 in immigrants group and 52,60 in non-immigrant group. CONCLUSIONS: According to our results, there are important and significant differences in developmental trauma exposure between immigrant and non-immigrant psychotic patients. These results should be considered by clinicians in order to design assessment program for this population. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. Cambridge University Press 2021-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9470421/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1943 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Llimona, A.
Vargas, L.
Casanovas, F.
Martín, M.
Valiente, A.
Moreno, A.
Amann, B.
Pérez-Solà, V.
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title_sort comparison of developmental trauma between immigrant and non-immigrant psychotic patients
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9470421/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1943
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