Childhood trauma and self-stigma in mood disorders.

Hofmann, Michel; Jermann, Françoise; Baggio, Stéphanie; Küng, Anne-Lise; Favre, Sophie; Dayer, Alexandre; Aubry, Jean- Michel; Richard-Lepouriel, Hélène (2023). Childhood trauma and self-stigma in mood disorders. Psychiatry Research Communication, 3(3), p. 100129. Elsevier 10.1016/j.psycom.2023.100129

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Childhood maltreatment and mood disorders are associated and linked to self-stigma. In this study, we assessed
the relationship between childhood trauma and self-stigma in patients with mood disorders. Patients with bipolar
disorder (n ¼ 69) and unipolar disorder (n ¼ 111) were recruited from the Mood Disorders Unit of the Geneva
University Hospitals in Switzerland. All participants underwent a semi-structured interview to assess mood disorder
and fulfilled the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) scale and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire
(CTQ). The results showed that overall self-stigma was not significantly different between the groups. Linear
regression modeling revealed that the ISMI total score was significantly associated with the CTQ total score
(estimate ¼ 0.01, p ¼ 0.045). Our findings support the assumption that childhood trauma promotes the development
of self-stigma in patients with mood disorders. Therefore, this study underscores the importance of
assessing childhood trauma in the management of self-stigma in patients with unipolar and bipolar disorder.

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