Type and timing of childhood maltreatment and severity of shutdown dissociation in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Schalinski, Inga ^a   Teicher, Martin H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTREATMENT AND ABUSE CHRONOLOGY OF EXPOSURE SCALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; CHILD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930650668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127151     Document Type: Article

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