Childhood Sex Abuse Increases Risk for Drug Dependence in Adult Women - NIDA

Childhood Sex Abuse Increases Risk for Drug Dependence in Adult Women - NIDA

addictions
sexual abuse
depression
anxiety
alcoholism

This study in the National Institute on Drug Abuse's web site reports that women who were sexually abused as children are roughly 3 times more likely to develop drug or alcohol addictions as adults. They were also roughly twice as likely to develop mental disorders such as depression and general anxiety disorder. Originally published in the Archives of General Psychiatry 57(10):953-959, 2000.

Link: http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol17N1/Childhood.html