Childhood maltreatment, adult attachment and psychotic symptomatology: a study in patients, siblings and controls

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1759-1767

  van Dam, D S ^a   Korver Nieberg, N ^a   Velthorst, E ^a,b   Meijer, C J ^a   de Haan, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Adult attachment; Neglect; Psychosis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919868747     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: 14339285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0894-0     Document Type: Article

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