Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Inpatient Youths with Severe and Early-Onset Psychiatric Disorders: Prevalence and Clinical Correlates

Xavier Benarous (1, 2, 3) , Marie Raffin (4) , Nicolas Bodeau (1) , Dirk Dhossche , David Cohen (5, 6) , Angele Consoli (1, 7)

1 CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP]
2 CHU Amiens-Picardie
3 GRAMFC - Groupe de Recherche sur l'Analyse Multimodale de la Fonction Cérébrale - UMR INSERM_S 1105
4 SU - Sorbonne Université
5 French National Centre for Scientific Research
6 ISIR - Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique
7 Abord dimensionnel des épisodes psychotiques de l’enfant et de l’adolescent: implications génétiques, métaboliques et auto-immunes

This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the clinical correlates of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) among 158 inpatient youths with two types of severe psychiatric disorders. ACEs were retrospectively collected with the ACEs scale and the List of Threatening Experiences Questionnaire in 77 patients hospitalized for a catatonic syndrome (average age 15.2 years) and 81 for a manic or mixed episode (average age 15.7 years). ACEs were frequent in youths suffering from bipolar disorder type I (BD-I) (58 %) and from catatonia (57 %), with around one quarter exposed to severe abuse (i.e., physical/sexual/emotional abuse or physical/emotional neglect). Youths with BD-I were more likely to be exposed to family violence compared to those with catatonia. Youths who had been exposed to ACEs did not exhibit a more severe presentation or a poorer response to treatment compared to others, either in the bipolar group or in the catatonic group.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Xavier Benarous, Marie Raffin, Nicolas Bodeau, Dirk Dhossche, David Cohen, et al.. Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Inpatient Youths with Severe and Early-Onset Psychiatric Disorders: Prevalence and Clinical Correlates. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2017, 48 (2), pp.248-259. ⟨10.1007/s10578-016-0637-4⟩. ⟨hal-03603419⟩