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Social experiences in childhood and adult psychiatric morbidity: a multiple regression analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Christopher Tennant ,
Paul Bebbington  and
Jane Hurry
Christopher Tennant*
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Paul Bebbington
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Jane Hurry
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Associate Professor Christopher Tennant, Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Sciences Building, Concord Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia 2139.
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Synopsis

The effect of childhood experiences on adult psychiatric morbidity was examined in a community psychiatric survey. The Present State Examination was used to assess psychiatric morbidity. Childhood experiences assessed included childhood demographic factors and ‘loss and deprivation’ variables. The latter group comprised maternal and paternal deaths and separations and other disruptions in parental care. ‘Loss and deprivation’ in combination accounted for between 4·5 and 5·5% of the variance in adult psychiatric morbidity

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , May 1982 , pp. 321 - 327
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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