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ArticleBMC psychiatry2022

Mental health characteristics and their associations with childhood trauma among subgroups of people living with HIV in China.

Dongfang Wang, Qijian Deng, Brendan Ross, Min Wang, Zhening Liu, Honghong Wang, Xuan Ouyang

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Article in BMC psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. The Relationship Between Trauma Exposure and Nonclinical Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2026
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Dongfang WangDepartment of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center on Mental Disorders, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.
Qijian DengDepartment of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center on Mental Disorders, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.
Brendan RossFaculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Min WangInstitute for HIV/AIDS, the First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China.
Zhening LiuDepartment of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center on Mental Disorders, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.
Honghong WangXiangya Nursing School, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Xuan OuyangDepartment of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center on Mental Disorders, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China. ouyangxuan@csu.edu.cn.
Central South University · CNSecond Xiangya Hospital of Central South University · CNMcGill University · CAThe First Hospital of Changsha · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPeople living with HIV (PLWH) carry a high risk for mental health problems, which has been extensively reported in the literature. However, an understanding of mental health characteristics in different subgroups of PLWH is still limited. In the present study, we conducted a cross-sectional survey to explore mental health characteristics and their associations with childhood trauma in two major subgroups of PLWH in China.

methodsA total of 533 PLWH (213 prisoners in the prison system, and 320 outpatients) were assessed using the 8-item Positive Subscale of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE-P8), Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ).

resultsFrom the total sample, 22.0% PLWH frequently experienced psychotic-like experiences (PLEs), 21.8% had clinically significant anxiety syndrome, 34.0% had clinically significant depressive syndrome, and 63.6% experienced at least one type of traumatic exposure during their childhood, with physical neglect being the most common. Compared to outpatients with HIV, prisoners living with HIV reported more severe mental health problems and a higher frequency of childhood trauma, with childhood trauma in turn predicting higher risk for mental health problems. Similarly, among outpatients living with HIV, both childhood emotional and sexual abuse had predictive effects on all the three mental health problems.

conclusionsThe study suggests that PLWH have higher risk of anxiety, depression and PLEs, and childhood trauma could serve as predicting factors for such risks. In addition, childhood trauma may play distinct roles in predicting the risk for the mental health problems, depending on different subgroup of PLWH.

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Adverse Childhood ExperiencesHIV InfectionsChinaCross-Sectional StudiesHumansMental HealthSurveys and QuestionnairesAnxietyChildhood traumaDepressionPeople living with HIVPsychotic-like experience

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