Not recognized enough: The effects and associations of trauma and intellectual disability in severely mentally ill outpatients

ConclusionsSignificantly more SMI outpatients who screened positive for MID/BIF reported having experienced traumatic events than those who screened negative. Rates of all trauma categories were significantly higher in the screen-positive group, who were also more likely to have PTSD. Sexual abuse occurred more in all females but the SCIL positive women are even more often victim. Clinical practice has to pay more attention to all of these issues, especially when they occur together in a single patient.
Source: European Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research