Do child abuse and maltreatment increase risk of schizophrenia?

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-99

  Sideli, Lucia ^a,b   Mulé, Alice ^a,b   La Barbera, Daniele ^b   Murray, Robin M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Etiology; Maltreatment; Review; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOOD DISORDER; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 84863481856     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: 19763026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2012.9.2.87     Document Type: Review

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