Childhood trauma and self-stigma in mood disorders

Michel Hofmann; Françoise Jermann; Stéphanie Baggio; Anne-Lise Küng; Sophie Favre; Alexandre Dayer; Jean- Michel Aubry; Hélène Richard-Lepouriel

Psychiatry Research Communications (Sep 2023)

Childhood trauma and self-stigma in mood disorders

Michel Hofmann,
Françoise Jermann,
Stéphanie Baggio,
Anne-Lise Küng,
Sophie Favre,
Alexandre Dayer,
Jean- Michel Aubry,
Hélène Richard-Lepouriel

Affiliations

Michel Hofmann: Service of Psychiatric Specialties, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Corresponding author. Mood disorder unit; Rue de Lausanne 20, CH-1201, Geneva, Switzerland.
Françoise Jermann: Service of Psychiatric Specialties, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Stéphanie Baggio: Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Division of Prison Health, Geneva University Hospitals & University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Anne-Lise Küng: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Sophie Favre: Service of Psychiatric Specialties, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Alexandre Dayer: Service of Psychiatric Specialties, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Jean- Michel Aubry: Service of Psychiatric Specialties, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Hélène Richard-Lepouriel: Service of Psychiatric Specialties, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 3
p. 100129

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Childhood maltreatment and mood disorders are associated and linked to self-stigma. In this study, we assessed the relationship between childhood trauma and self-stigma in patients with mood disorders. Patients with bipolar disorder (n = 69) and unipolar disorder (n = 111) were recruited from the Mood Disorders Unit of the Geneva University Hospitals in Switzerland. All participants underwent a semi-structured interview to assess mood disorder and fulfilled the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) scale and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). The results showed that overall self-stigma was not significantly different between the groups. Linear regression modeling revealed that the ISMI total score was significantly associated with the CTQ total score (estimate = 0.01, p = 0.045). Our findings support the assumption that childhood trauma promotes the development of self-stigma in patients with mood disorders. Therefore, this study underscores the importance of assessing childhood trauma in the management of self-stigma in patients with unipolar and bipolar disorder.

Published in Psychiatry Research Communications

ISSN: 2772-5987 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system: Psychiatry
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/psychiatry-research-communications

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