Voices from the storm: A critical review of quantitative studies of auditory verbal hallucinations and childhood sexual abuse

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 983-992

  McCarthy Jones, Simon ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; Auditory verbal hallucination; Childhood; Psychosis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD ABUSE; DELUSION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; POPULATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEXUAL ABUSE; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79959839030     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2011.05.004     Document Type: Review

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