## Abstract In a sample of 336 patients with an alcohol use disorder, this study examined, whether patients with histories of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and childhood physical abuse (CPA) compared to those without such histories have a greater severity of alcohol and other clinical difficulties.
Abuse in childhood and mental disorder in adult life
✍ Scribed by Bożena Śpila; Marta Makara; Gustaw Kozak; Anna Urbańska
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0952-9136
- DOI
- 10.1002/car.1022
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