Objective: To observe depression and sexual dysfunction comorbidity and evaluate the effect of childhood trauma in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients.
Method: 28 patients, applied to Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital anxiety disorders outpatient clinic between February 2008 and March 2011, who had been diagnosed as PTSD according to DSM-IV-TR were evaluated with SCID-I (The structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders), ASEX (Arizona Sexual Experience Scale), childhood trauma questionnaire and a sociodemographic form.
Results: Depression ratio in PTSD patients determined as %57.1 (n=16). In PTSD patients with depression, there have been statistically significant higher rates in physical abuse, emotional abuse and emotional neglect, compared to PTSD patients with no depression (respectively p=0.037, p=0.002, p=0.024). On the other hand, there has been no significant difference in physical neglect and sexual abuse between two groups. Also there was no significant difference between the ASEX scores of two groups.
Conclusion: There is at least one childhood trauma in %71.4 of PTSD patients. Also depression is the most frequent comorbid disorder in patients with childhood trauma. Thus, in management of PTSD patients with comorbid depression, childhood trauma should be considered more carefully.