SynthesisMayo Clinic proceedings2010
Sexual abuse and lifetime diagnosis of psychiatric disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Who cites it
297 citing papers in PubMed, 17 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Specificity of environmental risk factors for schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, and depressive disorders - umbrella review.Psychological medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Mental health outcomes associated with military sexual trauma in serving and ex-servicewomen: A systematic review.Psychological medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The Global Prevalence of Non-suicidal Self-injury, Suicide Behaviors, and Associated Risk Factors Among Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Meta-analysis.Community mental health journal · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review Exploring Variables Related to Bystander Intervention in Sexual Violence Contexts.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2023Pooled it
- Posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic events, and longitudinal eating disorder treatment outcomes: A systematic review.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Disentangling the Associations Between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Child Sexual Abuse: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2023Pooled it
- An ecological approach to understanding the impact of sexual violence: a systematic meta-review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Health care providers' responses to sexually abused children and adolescents: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- External sources promoting resilience in adults with intellectual disabilities: A systematic literature review.Journal of intellectual disabilities : JOID · 2022Pooled it
- Disclosing Child Sexual Abuse to a Health Professional: A Metasynthesis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Military Sexual Trauma and Risky Behaviors: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2021Pooled it
- Risk for Mental Disorders Associated With Sexual Assault: A Meta-Analysis.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2020Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis: effects of maternal separation on anxiety-like behavior in rodents.Translational psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Improving measurement of child abuse and neglect: A systematic review and analysis of national prevalence studies.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Long-term outcomes of childhood sexual abuse: an umbrella review.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2019Pooled it
- Social reactions to disclosure of interpersonal violence and psychopathology: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical psychology review · 2019Pooled it
- Knowledge of Mandatory Reporting Laws and Recording of Clients' Abuse Data: Effects of a Sexual Health Curriculum Training for Health Students in Tanzania.Journal of child sexual abuse · 2025Trial
- Impacts of repeated retrieval of positive and neutral memories on posttrauma health: An investigative pilot study.Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Prevalence and emotional valence of genital responses related to sexual abuse memories in patients with PTSD.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo systematically assess the evidence for an association between sexual abuse and a lifetime diagnosis of psychiatric disorders. PATIENTS AND
methodsWe performed a comprehensive search (from January 1980-December 2008, all age groups, any language, any population) of 9 databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Current Contents, PsycINFO, ACP Journal Club, CCTR, CDSR, and DARE. Controlled vocabulary supplemented with keywords was used to define the concept areas of sexual abuse and psychiatric disorders and was limited to epidemiological studies. Six independent reviewers extracted descriptive, quality, and outcome data from eligible longitudinal studies. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were pooled across studies by using the random-effects model. The I(2) statistic was used to assess heterogeneity.
resultsThe search yielded 37 eligible studies, 17 case-control and 20 cohort, with 3,162,318 participants. There was a statistically significant association between sexual abuse and a lifetime diagnosis of anxiety disorder (OR, 3.09; 95% CI, 2.43-3.94), depression (OR, 2.66; 95% CI, 2.14-3.30), eating disorders (OR, 2.72; 95% CI, 2.04-3.63), posttraumatic stress disorder (OR, 2.34; 95% CI, 1.59-3.43), sleep disorders (OR, 16.17; 95% CI, 2.06-126.76), and suicide attempts (OR, 4.14; 95% CI, 2.98-5.76). Associations persisted regardless of the victim's sex or the age at which abuse occurred. There was no statistically significant association between sexual abuse and a diagnosis of schizophrenia or somatoform disorders. No longitudinal studies that assessed bipolar disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder were found. Associations between sexual abuse and depression, eating disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder were strengthened by a history of rape.
conclusionA history of sexual abuse is associated with an increased risk of a lifetime diagnosis of multiple psychiatric disorders.
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