Modelling the emergence of hallucinations: Early acquired vulnerabilities, proximal life stressors and maladaptive psychological processes

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1367-1380

  Goldstone, Eliot ^a   Farhall, John ^a   Ong, Ben ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Experiential avoidance; Hallucinations; Metacognitions; Path analysis; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866734093     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0446-9     Document Type: Article

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