Childhood trauma mediates the association between ethnic minority status and more severe hallucinations in psychotic disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 133-142

  Berg, A O ^a,b   Aas, M ^a   Larsson, S ^b   Nerhus, M ^a   Hauff, E ^a,b   Andreassen, O A ^a,b   Melle, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Auditory hallucination; childhood trauma; ethnic minority; psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ASIA; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFRICA; AGED; ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927692267     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714001135     Document Type: Article

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