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Impact of mother’s childhood trauma on development of psychopathological dimensions in patients with peripartum mental disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2024

A. Bassi de Toni*
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology
G. Culicchia
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology
A. Del Casale
Affiliation:
2Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
M. Tinè
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology
A. V. Vallerga
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology
L. Cutillo
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology
S. Bernardi
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology
I. Bilotta
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology
A. Fattorini
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology
R. D’Alessio
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology
D. De Felici
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology
M. Pompili
Affiliation:
2Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
G. Angeletti
Affiliation:
2Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Peripartum mental disorders (PPMD) are characterized by heterogeneous psychopathological symptoms related to specific personality traits, which are only taken into account by a few preventive and therapeutic strategies. Traumatic experiences during childhood could predispose to develop those disorders during adulthood, especially in more stressful conditions, such as pregnancy and postpartum.

Objectives

Our study aims to evaluate the correlation between mother’s childhood trauma and the development of certain psychopathological dimensions during peripartum and which of these dimensions could be indicative of mother’s childhood trauma.

Methods

The sample included 74 women, recruited from Sant’Andrea Hospital in Rome between 2011 and 2022, diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder during peripartum, according to criteria of DSM-5. All recruited women were administered the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire – Short Form (CTQ-SF) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). We performed a linear regression using the total CTQ score as a dependent variable and the MMPI-2 scale’s scores as independent variables.

Results

The linear regression used showed two significant models, of which the most inclusive explained 60% of the variance (R2 = 0.597), resulting significant (F = 31.141; p < 0.001). This model showed that a greater expression of childhood traumatic aspects was associated with greater expression of Pa (paranoia) (t = 4.04; p < 0.001) and Ma (hypomania) (t = 3.873; p < 0.001) in the clinical scales of the MMPI-2, which were indicative of childhood trauma.

Conclusions

Our study shows that paranoiac and hypomanic symptoms in PPMD, assumed by the MMPI-2 scale, are indicative of previous traumatic dimension. Thus, in the presence of a positive history of trauma, clinicians should pay attention especially to these aspects, in order to optimally set both pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment.

Disclosure of Interest

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