Childhood maltreatment is linked to deleterious outcomes, whereby post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been identified as one of the most debilitating. This retrospective chart review examined whether self-reported affective measures (anxiety, depression, trauma), type of maltreatment (sexual, physical, emotional/verbal abuses), and demographics predicted a diagnosis of anxiety or PTSD among 169 children in a psychiatric inpatient hospital. Secondly, this study identified significant predictors of a PTSD diagnosis. Results indicated self-reported anxiety predicted a diagnosis of PTSD, while self-reported depression predicted PTSD only in maltreated children. Self-reported trauma predicted an anxiety diagnosis. PTSD risk variables including duration of stay, sex, self-reported anxiety, presence of sexual abuse, and presence of emotional/verbal abuse, showed sound sensitivity/specificity as predictors of risk for a PTSD diagnosis in an inpatient setting. Clinical implications are discussed.

童年虐待与有害后果有关，创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 已被确定为最令人虚弱的疾病之一。这份回顾性图表审查检查了精神病住院医院 169 名儿童的自我报告的情感指标（焦虑、抑郁、创伤）、虐待类型（性、身体、情感/语言虐待）和人口统计数据是否预测了焦虑症或创伤后应激障碍的诊断. 其次，这项研究确定了 PTSD 诊断的重要预测因子。结果表明，自我报告的焦虑可预测 PTSD 的诊断，而自我报告的抑郁仅可预测受虐待儿童的 PTSD。自我报告的创伤预示着焦虑症的诊断。PTSD 风险变量包括停留时间、性别、自我报告的焦虑、性虐待的存在、和存在的情绪/言语虐待，显示声音敏感性/特异性作为住院环境中 PTSD 诊断风险的预测指标。讨论了临床意义。