Childhood sexual abuse is associated with physical illness burden and functioning in psychiatric patients 50 years of age and older

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 417-422

  Talbot, Nancy L ^a   Chapman, Ben ^a   Conwell, Yeates ^a   McCollumn, Kelly ^b   Franus, Nathan ^a   Cotescu, Stefan ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Medical illnesses; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VARIANCE;

EID: 67049100359     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318199d31b     Document Type: Article

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