Women with psychosis were twice as likely to report either physical or sexual abuse compared to healthy women. But no such association was found in men.
The researchers suggest that one explanation for this is that girls are more likely to 'internalise' difficulties than boys. In other words, girls who are abused may distance themselves from other people, and become overly suspicious of other people's behaviour. This may put them at greater risk of psychotic symptoms in the future, such as paranoid delusions.
In contrast, boys may be more likely to 'act out' following physical abuse and potentially be at greater risk for antisocial behaviour.
The lead author on this paper, Helen Fisher, Researcher in Psychosis at the Institute of Psychiatry at King's said: "These findings do not mean that if a child is abused they will develop psychosis; but women with such disorders are more likely to reveal a background which included childhood abuse.
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