Adverse childhood experiences in women with externalisation and internalisation disorders

Abstract

The aim of the study was to determine the connections between adverse childhood experiences and complex posttraumatic disorders and attachment types in women with externalisation (addictions, crime) and internalisation disorders (anxiety disorders and mixed anxiety-depressive disorders). The examined groups of women internalisation and externalisation differ both in terms of intensity and the scope of adverse childhood experiences, as well as in complex post-traumatic stress and attachment extent. The results obtained and the conclusions drawn from the research indicate that it is necessary to include a detailed diagnosis of adverse childhood experiences and traumas in the therapy and social rehabilitation of women with internalisation and externalisation disorders.