Moisan D, Engels ML

Childhood trauma and personality disorder in 43 women with panic disorder.

Psychol Rep 76(3 Pt 2), 1133-1134 (1995)

Behaviour Therapy Unit, Douglas Hospital, Verdun, Quebec, Canada.

Among 43 women with panic disorder (38 with agoraphobia), 23 reported histories of childhood sexual abuse associated with high incidence of other early adverse experiences. The finding that subjects reporting childhood sexual and physical abuse were more likely to receive an Axis II diagnosis than those who did not confirms prior work.

PMID: 7480477, UI: 96011010