Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & TreatmentISSN: 2324-8947

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Mary Gouva Author

mmgouva@gmail.com

Subjects of specialization
Leukemia, Psychological Assessment, Social Psychiatry

Affiliation
School of health, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Epirus, Ioannina, Greece

Biography

Μary Gouva (BScPsych, MSc Social Phychiatry, PhD Psych) is psychologist with psychoanalytical training and is Program Coordinator for the undergraduate psychology of patients at the University of Ioannina. She has been employed as a Psychologist in the Neonatal Clinic at the University Hospital. She has working experience at Rehabilitation and Pre-vocational Training Centre at the General Hospital of Hatzikostas, at the city of Ioannina. Her current research interests include Mental Health,  Clinical Psychology.

Publications

Research Article Open Access

Childhood Trauma and Adult Distress Symptoms

Author(s):

Mary Gouva, Mary Gouva, Georgios Hadjigeorgiou, Krommidas George, Bonotis Konstantinos

Childhood trauma is highly prevalent and consist a major public health problem with severe adverse physical and mental effects later in life. The purpose of the study was to investigate the childhood trauma effects on adult psychopathology, as expressed through their distress symptoms. One thousand two hundred ninety-three (1293), healthy individuals (343 men and 894 women) were enrolled in the study. They were divided into two groups on the basis of their responses of experienced negative life events (at least one childhood traumatic event vs. no event) and filled out the SCL-90 questionnaire. Accidents (18%), fears (16%), loss of house and pets (15%), educational queries and doubts (13%) and parental divorce (11%), were the most frequent childhood adversit... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8947.1000160

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