Cumulative Effects of Stressful Childhood Experiences on Delusions and Hallucinations

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 442-462

  Muenzenmaier, Kristina H ^a   Seixas, Azizi A ^b   Schneeberger, Andres R ^a,c,d   Castille, Dorothy M ^e   Battaglia, Joseph ^a   Link, Bruce G ^f  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Psychiatrische Dienste Graubuenden (PDGR)   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

dissociation; psychosis; schizophrenia; severe mental illness; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DELUSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOMATIC DELUSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HALLUCINATIONS; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84938487967     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2015.1018475     Document Type: Article

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