Dissociation mediates the relationship between childhood trauma and hallucination-proneness

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1025-1036

  Varese, F ^a,b   Barkus, E ^c   Bentall, R P ^a,b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dissociation; hallucinations; psychosis; signal detection; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859269675     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711001826     Document Type: Article

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