Dissociation, depression and trauma in psychiatric inpatients in Puerto Rico

摘要: ABSTRACT This study investigated the frequency of self-reported childhood abuse experiences psychiatric inpatients, and presence dissociative depressive symptoms. A total 100 Puerto Rican in-patients who were hospitalized during a two month period included in study. The participants' symptoms assessed using Dissociative Experiences Scale subset its items (DES-Taxon), Questionnaire Dissociation Beck Depression Inventory. We also used self-report instrument to assess severity variety abusive experiences. Seventy-eight percent (78%) participants reported some type experiences, 38% extreme frequent abuse, 40% being sexually abused childhood. findings showed correlation between greater higher levels When variable child sexual was use...