Table 2.

Prevalence of 12-month and lifetime DSM-IV mental disorders among those with prospectively, retrospectively or no reported maltreatment^a

	Major depressive disorder		Any anxiety disorder		Alcohol abuse or dependence		Drug abuse or dependence
Maltreatment group	% (s.e.)	n	% (s.e.)	n	% (s.e.)	n	% (s.e.)	n
12-month disorders
No reported maltreatment	6.66 (0.94)	87	15.91 (1.35)	221	7.56 (1.06)	90	2.53 (0.50)	37
Retrospectively ascertained maltreatmentb	13.94 (2.69)	44	28.94 (3.36)	124	10.26 (1.81)	56	8.67 (2.19)	35
Prospectively ascertained maltreatmentc	14.71 (3.58)	25	35.74 (5.02)	80	13.51 (3.34)	25	8.74 (2.60)	16
Lifetime disorders
No reported maltreatment	12.22 (1.19)	165	21.28 (1.51)	307	13.55 (1.29)	175	7.46 (0.91)	104
Retrospectively ascertained maltreatment	25.81 (3.29)	84	48.55 (3.93)	191	35.63 (3.89)	142	23.63 (3.53)	88
Prospectively ascertained maltreatment	24.60 (3.97)	49	43.72 (5.22)	99	33.35 (4.96)	74	26.13 (4.50)	54

^aSample numbers are the unweighted number with the disorder; percentages are based on weighted data.

^bRetrospectively reported childhood maltreatment was indicated by endorsement of one or more of the following items (see Method for full questions): childhood rape (prior to age 17); contact sexual abuse not including rape (prior to age 17); physical abuse (ever being badly beaten up by a caregiver or parent); witnessing parental violence (ever witness to serious physical fights at home such as one parent beating up another parent).

^cThose with child protection agency history, regardless of whether maltreatment also reported retrospectively.