Abstract

Background: The goal of this paper is to map the total occurrence And evaluate the Risk of co-occurrence of Childhood Adversities (CA) And a wide variety of Childhood Traumatic events (including War) in a National sample. Method: The Nationally representative sample included 2,857 respondents And the instrument Used was the Composite InterNational Diagnostic Interview which screened for all CAs And Traumatic events. Results: 27.9% experienced CAs; the most common were Parental death And Parental Mental/Substance Use disorder. 70.6% experienced a War-related Traumatic event during their lifetime, And around half of them (38.1%) experienced it below the age of 18 years. 51.3% of the subjects experienced a Traumatic event not related to War during their lifetime, And 19.2% experienced it before the age of 18 years. Sexual Abuse, being a refugee during War, And experiencing a natural disaster were associated with female Gender. Having any CA was associated with active War exposure (OR: 4.2, CI: 2.0-8.6); War-related direct personal Trauma (OR: 3.9, CI: 1.5-10.0); War-related Trauma to others (OR: 2.4, CI: 1.3-4.4); non-War direct personal Trauma (OR: 3.8, CI: 2.0-7.4); And any non-War Childhood Traumatic event (OR: 1.9, CI: 1.1-3.1). Conclusion:Childhood is awash with Adversities And Traumatic events that co-occur And should be measured simultaneously; otherwise, the effects of a subset of Traumata or Adversities could be wrongly thought to be the contributor to negative outcomes under study. Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health. 10: 116–125.

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