Prevalence of bullying victimisation amongst first-episode psychosis patients and unaffected controls

SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH

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Trotta, Antonella¹  Di Forti, Marta¹  Mondelli, Valeria¹  Dazzan, Paola¹  Pariante, Carmine¹  David, Anthony¹  Mule, Alice²  Ferraro, Laura²  Formica, Ivan³  Murray, Robin M.¹  Fisher, Helen L.⁴ 

[1] Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat, PO52 Psychosis Studies,De Crespigny Pk, London SE5 8AF, England

[2] Univ Palermo, Dipartimento Biomed Sperimentale & Neurosci Clin, I-90133 Palermo, Italy

[3] Univ Messina, Dipartimento Sci Umani & Sociali, I-98100 Messina, Italy

[4] Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat, MRC, Social Genet & Dev Psychiat Ctr, London SE5 8AF, England

关键词: Bullying;    Victimisation;    First episode;    Psychosis;    Schizophrenia;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.schres.2013.07.001

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Background: Despite increasing evidence suggesting that childhood maltreatment is significantly associated with psychosis, the specific role of bullying in the onset of psychotic disorders is still unclear. This study aimed to examine whether bullying was more prevalent amongst individuals presenting to services for the first time with a psychotic disorder than in unaffected community controls. Methods: Data on exposure to bullying, psychotic symptoms, cannabis use and history of conduct disorder were collected cross-sectionally from 222 first-presentation psychosis cases and 215 geographically-matched controls. Bullying victimisation was assessed retrospectively as part of the Brief Life Events schedule. Logistic regression was used to examine associations between exposure to bullying and case-control status, while controlling for potential confounders. Results: Psychosis cases were approximately twice as likely to report bullying victimisation when compared to controls. No significant interactions between bullying and either gender or cannabis use were found. Controls reporting being a victim of bullying were approximately twice as likely to also report at least one psychosis-like symptom. Conclusions: Our results extend previous research by suggesting that bullying victimisation may contribute to vulnerability to develop a psychotic disorder in some individuals. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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