Trajectories of Recurring Victimization Among People With Major Mental Disorders

Author:

Teasdale Brent1,Daigle Leah E.1,Ballard Ellen1

Affiliation:

1. Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

Abstract

Relatively little is known about the violent victimization experiences of people with major mental disorders. Moreover, to date, no studies have examined recurring violent victimization experiences of people with major mental disorders. Using a risk heterogeneity framework commonly used in the study of recurring victimization, the current study examines the extent of recurring victimization among people with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM) Axis I mental disorders and trajectories of recurring violent victimization ( n = 262), across four waves of data collected during a 1-year longitudinal study. Multilevel logistic regression analyses tested disorder, time, and time by disorder cross-level interactions predicting recurring victimization. Results suggest that recurring violent victimization is not uncommon among mentally disordered victims of violence, with 64% of victims experiencing a recurring victimization at a later point in time. However, trajectories of recurring violent victimization are not uniform across types of mental illness. Indeed, individuals diagnosed with a substance abuse disorder or major depression show significantly declining trajectories across the follow-up period whereas individuals diagnosed with a manic disorder or a schizophrenia spectrum disorder have flat trajectories of recurring violent victimization across the study period. Results of tests for cross-level interactions between disorder type and time demonstrate that individuals with a major depression or substance abuse/dependence diagnosis are significantly different from those with a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis in their trajectories of recurring victimization.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Applied Psychology,Clinical Psychology

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