PMID- 30848686
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20191114
LR  - 20191114
IS  - 1741-2854 (Electronic)
IS  - 0020-7640 (Linking)
VI  - 65
IP  - 3
DP  - 2019 May
TI  - Rates and profile of victimization in a sample of Egyptian patients with major 
      mental illness.
PG  - 183-193
LID - 10.1177/0020764019831315 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Patients with major mental illness have an increased risk of 
      victimization. Nevertheless, this topic was not thoroughly studied in Egyptian 
      patients with major mental illness. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study are 
      to investigate the rates of victimization and understand its profile, 
      psycho-demographic and clinical correlates among a sample of Egyptian patients 
      with major mental illness. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: A total of 300 patients (100 
      patients with schizophrenia, 100 with bipolar and 100 with major depression) were 
      recruited from the inpatient wards and outpatient clinics at Ain Shams 
      University. They were subjected to a demographic questionnaire, the Structured 
      Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I), Global Assessment of 
      Functioning (GAF), Clinical Global Impression (CGI) and a Victimization 
      Questionnaire (VQ). RESULTS: In our study population, 130 (43.3%) of patients 
      were victimized, of them 52 (40%) were diagnosed with major depressive disorder, 
      48 (36.9%) with bipolar disorder and 30 (23.1%) with schizophrenia. Victimization 
      was more in female, married, unemployed individuals and those living in rural 
      areas. Patients exposed to domestic violence or abuse during childhood had higher 
      rates of victimization. All victimized patients were subjected to emotional 
      victimization, 64.6% were physically victimized and 53.8% were subjected to 
      miscellaneous types of victimization. Patients were victimized mainly by 
      acquaintance followed by family members. The majority of patients did not report 
      their victimization and considered it as a personal issue or not important enough 
      to be reported. CONCLUSION: Patients with major mental illness are susceptible to 
      significant victimization. Clinicians should explore possible history of abuse or 
      victimization in their patients, empower and support the victimized ones.
FAU - El Missiry, Ahmed
AU  - El Missiry A
AD  - 1 Institute of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychiatry Department, Faculty of 
      Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - Meguid, Marwa Abd El
AU  - Meguid MAE
AD  - 1 Institute of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychiatry Department, Faculty of 
      Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - Abourayah, Ahmed
AU  - Abourayah A
AD  - 2 William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, 
      Adjunct Faculty, School of Public Health, West Virginia University (WVU), 
      Morgantown, WV, USA.
FAU - Missiry, Marwa El
AU  - Missiry ME
AD  - 1 Institute of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychiatry Department, Faculty of 
      Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - Hossam, Mohamed
AU  - Hossam M
AD  - 1 Institute of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychiatry Department, Faculty of 
      Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - Elkholy, Hussien
AU  - Elkholy H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2132-6336
AD  - 1 Institute of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychiatry Department, Faculty of 
      Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - Khalil, Afaf H
AU  - Khalil AH
AD  - 1 Institute of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychiatry Department, Faculty of 
      Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190308
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Soc Psychiatry
JT  - The International journal of social psychiatry
JID - 0374726
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Bipolar Disorder/epidemiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Abuse
MH  - Crime Victims/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Depressive Disorder, Major/epidemiology
MH  - Domestic Violence
MH  - Egypt/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/*epidemiology
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Schizophrenia/epidemiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Major mental illness
OT  - emotional abuse
OT  - perpetrator
OT  - physical abuse
OT  - victimization
EDAT- 2019/03/09 06:00
MHDA- 2019/11/15 06:00
CRDT- 2019/03/09 06:00
PHST- 2019/03/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/11/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/03/09 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/0020764019831315 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2019 May;65(3):183-193. doi: 10.1177/0020764019831315. Epub 
      2019 Mar 8.