Impact of Multiple Types of Childhood Trauma Exposure on Risk of Psychiatric Comorbidity Among Alcoholic Inpatients

• Published in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 1099 - 1107
• Main Authors: Huang, Ming-Chyi, Schwandt, Melanie L., Ramchandani, Vijay A., George, David T., Heilig, Markus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2012; Wiley
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Adult Survivors of Child Abuse; Alcohol Dependence; Alcoholism; Alcoholism - epidemiology; Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning; Anxiety Disorders - epidemiology; Biological and medical sciences; Childhood Trauma; Comorbidity; Depressive Disorder, Major - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Inpatients; Male; Medical sciences; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Middle Aged; Psychiatric Comorbidity; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology; Suicide; Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data; Toxicology; Alcoholism; Childhood Trauma; Exposure; Suicide; Alcoholic beverage; Concomitant disease; Psychiatric Comorbidity; Dependence; Risk factor; Early traumatism; Mental disorder; Hospital; Alcohol Dependence

Background This study examined the prevalence of single‐ and multiple‐type childhood trauma exposure (CTE) among alcoholic patients undergoing inpatient detoxification and treatment. The relationships between various types of CTE and lifetime psychiatric comorbidities and suicide attempts were also...