Adverse childhood experiences in families with multiple members diagnosed to have psychiatric illnesses.
Amala SomeshwarBharath HollaPreeti Pansari AgarwalAnza ThomasAnand JoseBoban JosephBirudu RajuHariprasad KarleM MuthukumaranPrabhath G KodanchaPramod KumarPreethi V ReddyRavi Kumar NadellaSanjay T NaikSayantanava MitraSreenivasulu MallappagiriVanteemar S SreerajSrinivas BalachanderSuhas GaneshPratima MurthyVivek BenegalJanardhan Yc ReddySanjeev JainJayant MahadevanBiju Viswanathnull nullPublished in: The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry (2020)
Our study indicates that adverse childhood experiences were associated with an earlier onset of major psychiatric conditions in men and individuals diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance dependence. Ongoing longitudinal assessments in first-degree relatives from these families are expected to identify mechanisms underlying this relationship.