Stress load during childhood affects psychopathology in psychiatric patients

BMC Psychiatry

Table 6 Assignment of the patients with Different Diagnoses to High and Low Stress Groups separately for the Early Life -, Prepubertal -, and Adulthood Stress Load

	Stress Group	ELS Number of patients	PPS Number of patients	AS Number of patients
Major Depressive Dis.	high	14	19	18
	low	11	10	11
Schizophrenia	high	5	7	6
	low	18	18	15
Drug Abuse	high	2	5	6
	low	8	4	4
Personality Disorder	high	7	8	3
	low	3	0	1
Group differences: chi² (3)		11.14, p < .001	15.20, p < .01	6.64, p < .01

Note. Number of patients assigned to the 'high' and 'low stress' group separately for ELS, PPS, and AS. High stress load: stress-scores exceeding 2 SD above the mean of the comparison group. Low stress load: stress-scores below the mean of the comparison group. ELS: Early life stress; PPS. Prepubertal stress, AS: Adulthood stress (see note in Tables 2 and 4).

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