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Predictive factors of chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in rape victims

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

JM Darves-Bornoz ,
JP Lépine ,
M Choquet ,
C Berger ,
A Degiovanni  and
P Gaillard
JM Darves-Bornoz
Affiliation:
Clinique Psychiatrique Universitaire, Hôpital Universitaire, 37044Tours
JP Lépine
Affiliation:
Service de Psychiatric, Hôpital Universitaire Fernand-Widal, Paris
M Choquet
Affiliation:
Institut National de La Sank et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM, UnitC U 169), Villejuif
C Berger
Affiliation:
Clinique Gyélcologique Universitaire, Hôpital Universitaire, Tours, France
A Degiovanni
Affiliation:
Clinique Psychiatrique Universitaire, Hôpital Universitaire, 37044Tours
P Gaillard
Affiliation:
Clinique Psychiatrique Universitaire, Hôpital Universitaire, 37044Tours
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Summary

This study aimed to investigate the psychological disorders following rape as well as the course of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and to determine clinical factors predictive of chronic PTSD. Seventy-three rape victims were observed in a systematic follow-up study over 1 year following rape using structured interview schedules. The frequency of PTSD was massive. The early disorders predicting PTSD 1 year after rape included somatoform and dissociative disorders, agoraphobia and specific phobias as well as depressive and gender identity disorders and alcohol abuse. Through stepwise logistic regressions, the following were found to be good models of prediction of chronic PTSD 1 year after rape: for the characteristics of the traumas, intrafamily rape, being physically assaulted outside rape, and added physical violence during rape; for the early psychological and behavioural attitudes, low self-esteem, permanent feelings of emptiness and running away; and for early mental disorders, agoraphobia and depressive disorders. Finally, among all these predictive factors, added physical violence during rape, low self-esteem, permanent feelings of emptiness and agoraphobia were shown to constitute a strong model of predictors. People presenting features such as the predictive factors of chronic PTSD found in the study should be asked about a history of rape and symptoms of PTSD.

Keywords

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorderpredictive factorsrapedissociative disorderssomatoform disordersagoraphobia
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European Psychiatry , Volume 13 , Issue 6 , September 1998 , pp. 281 - 287
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1998

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