Hospitalized children of substance-abusing parents and physically and sexually abused children: a comparison.
The symptoms and diagnoses of 58 psychiatrically hospitalized children aged 12 or under who were children of substance abusing parents (COSAPs) were compared with a matched group of 51 children who were not COSAPs. These two groups were further subdivided according to history or lack of history of physical and/or sexual abuse. Symptoms and diagnoses of COSAPs and physically and/or sexually abused (P/SAs) children differed significantly from the hospitalized group who were neither COSAPs nor P/SAs. Being a COSAP and/or P/SA are strong correlates of psychiatric hospitalization for the children studied. Both high-risk groups should be awarded special diagnostic and treatment consideration that would include their systematic identification and focused treatment.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*