title: Prevalence Rate and Demographic and Clinical Correlates of Child Sexual Abuse Among New Psychiatric Outpatients in a City in Northern Alberta.
abstract: The prevalence rate for child sexual abuse among new psychiatric outpatients in Fort McMurray was 20.7%. With an odds ratio for sex of 3.30, female patients are about 3 times more likely to report a history of child sexual abuse compared with male patients when controlling for other factors. Similarly, patients with at most high school education and those with previous contact with psychiatric services were about 2 times more likely to report a history of child sexual abuse compared to the patients with college or university education or no previous contact with psychiatric services, respectively. Similarly, patients with histories of substance abuse and patients with family histories of mental illness had higher likelihoods of reporting histories of child sexual abuse compared to patients without histories of substance abuse or family histories of mental illness, respectively. Our findings suggest that victims of child sexual abuse are an at-risk population in need of ongoing mental health and educational support.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Canada.
authors.forename: Vincent I O
authors.initials: VIO
authors.lastname: Agyapong
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Canada.
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Juhás
authors.affiliation: b Intensive Care Unit , Northern Lights Regional Health Centre , Fort McMurray , Canada.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ritchie
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychiatry , Northern Lights Regional Health Centre , Fort McMurray , Canada.
authors.forename: Olurotimi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ogunsina
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychiatry , Northern Lights Regional Health Centre , Fort McMurray , Canada.
authors.forename: Lorella
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ambrosano
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychiatry , Northern Lights Regional Health Centre , Fort McMurray , Canada.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Corbett
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000416:Alberta / Q000453:epidemiology; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: anxiety; child sexual abuse; depression; female; male; mental health; outpatient; psychiatry