title: A study of the relationship between child abuse and drug addiction in 178 patients: preliminary results.
abstract: Social histories and demographic data were collected on 178 patients--101 in the United States and 77 in Australia--in treatment for drug/alcohol addiction. The purpose of the study was to determine the degree to which a correlation exists between child abuse/neglect and the later onset of drug/alcohol addiction patterns in the abuse victims. The questionnaire explored such issues as family intactness, parental violence/abuse/neglect, parental drug abuse, sibling relationships and personal physical/sexual abuse histories, including incest and rape. The study determined that 84% of the sample reported a history of child abuse/neglect.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001315:Australia; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013808:Therapeutic Community; D014481:United States