Evaluating childhood and adulthood victimization as predictors of psychotic disorders: findings from a nationwide study of women in jail

Christopher R. DeCou, Shannon M. Lynch, Dana D. DeHart and Joanne Belknap

Psychosis, 2017, vol. 9, issue 3, 282-285

Abstract: Incarcerated women experience high rates of childhood victimization and adulthood interpersonal violence, which have been identified as risk factors for psychotic-spectrum disorders. This study included 491 women in jail, who completed structured diagnostic interviews and questionnaires concerning past victimization. Interpersonal violence in adulthood was a significant mediator of the association between childhood victimization and 12-month prevalence of any psychotic disorder. These findings demonstrate the importance of assessing victimization in childhood and adulthood relative to psychosis among women in jail.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2017.1325512

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