This manuscript provides a systematic review of the literature to examine the relationship between childhood physical abuse and intimate partner physical abuse with adulthood depressive symptoms among women. Thirty-five studies that targeted women, measured depressive symptoms, childhood physical abuse, and intimate partner physical abuse were reviewed. Findings indicated an association between...

A new retrospective interview assessment of childhood psychological abuse, an extension to the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse (CECA) instrument, is described in a companion article (Moran, Bifulco, Ball, Jacobs, & Benaim, 2002). The purpose of the present article is to examine the relationship of childhood psychological abuse to other adverse childhood experiences and to major depressio...

Elder abuse is understudied and underreported. Elder abuse can take five forms: psychological or emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and financial abuse. Two national studies of the prevalence of elder abuse have recently been conducted. Laumann in a survey of 3005 community residing individuals between ages 57 to 85 interviewed either in person or with a leave-behind questi...

BACKGROUND Childhood abuse affects adult health. The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence of emotional, physical, and sexual childhood abuse within a large Norwegian cohort of pregnant women and its association with common complaints in pregnancy. METHODS This study is based on the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public H...

objectives to examine the military service predictors resulting in worsening drug abuse status. patients and methods a cross-sectional study with 3140 young soldiers was conducted in summer and autumn of 2010 and; the participants completed three questionnaires, namely the texas christian university drug screen (tcuds) ii, the addiction severity index and a questionnaire designed by the researc...

conclusions multiple prescription drug abuse and salt/salty food addiction usually reflects a personality of addiction, which leads to harmful use and dependence. case presentation a 28-year-old woman presented with tetany due to hypocalcemia, hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia. she had a history of laxative and diuretic abuse, and salt craving. psychiatric evaluation revealed a disturbed social hi...

An extended-release opioid analgesic (OxyContin, OC) was reformulated with abuse-deterrent properties to deter abuse. This report examines changes in abuse through oral and nonoral routes, doctor-shopping, and fatalities in 10 studies 3.5 years after reformulation. Changes in OC abuse from 1 year before to 3 years after OC reformulation were calculated, adjusted for prescription changes. Abuse ...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the association between repeated childhood and adulthood abuse and somatic symptom reporting, mental health care use, and substance use among women with chronic pain. DESIGN A survey of a consecutive sample. PATIENTS Ninety consecutive women patients presenting for chronic pain management at a multidisciplinary pain management center. OUTCOME MEASURES The...

BACKGROUND The development of abuse deterrent formulations is one strategy for reducing prescription opioid misuse and abuse. A putative abuse deterrent formulation of oxycodone extended release (OxyContin®) was introduced in 2010. Early reports demonstrated reduced abuse and diversion, however, an analysis of social media found 32 feasible methods to circumvent the abuse deterrent mechanism. W...