Childhood trauma and hippocampal and amygdalar volumes in first-episode psychosis

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1162-1169

  Hoy, Katrina ^a   Barrett, Suzanne ^a   Shannon, Ciaran ^a   Campbell, Clodagh ^a   Watson, David ^b   Rushe, Teresa ^b   Shevlin, Mark ^b   Bai, Feng ^c   Cooper, Stephen ^a   Mulholland, Ciaran ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

amygdala; hippocampus; psychosis; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; MENTAL PATIENT; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; AMYGDALA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84869021652     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbr085     Document Type: Article

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