Childhood abuse and the content of adult psychotic symptoms

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 356-369

  Reiff, Marian ^a,c   Castille, Dorothy M ^a   Muenzenmaier, Kristina ^b   Link, Bruce ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

child abuse; child sexual abuse; childhood trauma; delusions; Hallucinations; psychosis; qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874073393     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024203     Document Type: Article

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