Rates of childhood trauma in a sample of patients with schizophrenia as compared with a sample of patients with non-psychotic psychiatric diagnoses

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 7-22

  Spence, Wendy ^a   Lynch, Gerry ^a   McHugh, Suzanne ^a   Mulholland, Ciaran ^b   Dempster, Martin ^c   Shannon, Ciaran ^a  

^a NORTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Holywell Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Depression; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33746401039     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v07n03_02     Document Type: Article

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