Nuevo trabajo en "Journal of Interpersonal Violence"

Psychological, Physical, and Sexual Abuse in Addicted Patients Who Undergo Treatment

"Psychological, Physical, and Sexual Abuse in Addicted Patients Who Undergo Treatment" es el título de un nuevo trabajo publicado en "Journal of Interpersonal Violence".

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José J. López-Goñi and Alfonso Arteaga. Psychological, Physical, and Sexual Abuse in Addicted Patients Who Undergo Treatment
Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2015, Vol. 30(8) 1279–1298
DOI: 10.1177/0886260514539843

This study explored the prevalence of a history as victims of abuse among patients who sought outpatient treatment for drug addiction. A sample of 252 addicted patients was assessed. Information was collected on the patients’ lifetime history of abuse (psychological, physical, and/or sexual abuse), sociodemographic factors, consumption factors, psychopathological factors, and personality variables. Drug-addicted patients who present a lifelong history of abuse were compared with patients who were not abused. Of the total sample, 46% of the patients (n = 115) who were addicted to drugs had been victims of abuse. There was a statistically significant difference between the victimization rates of men (37.8%) and women (79.6%). Moreover, for some variables, significant differences were observed between patients who had been abused and those who had not. Compared with patients who had not been abused, the addicted patients with a history of victimization scored significantly higher on several European Addiction Severity Index, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II, and maladjustment variables but not on the Symptom Checklist-90–Revised. The current results indicate that patients who present a lifelong history of abuse exhibit both a more severe addiction than patients who were not abused and several comorbidities. The implications of these results for further research and clinical practice are discussed.