The experience of childhood trauma and its influence on the course of illness in first-episode psychosis: A qualitative study

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 210-216

  Jansen, Jens Einar ^a,c   Pedersen, Marlene Buch ^a,b   Trauelsen, Anne Marie ^a,b,c   Nielsen, Hanne Grethe Lyse ^b   Haahr, Ulrik Helt ^b,c   Simonsen, Erik ^a,c  

^a Psychiatric Research Unit   (Denmark)

^b Early Psychosis Intervention Center   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Early intervention; First episode psychosis; Qualitative research; Sealing over; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; LITERATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL NARRATIVES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959871648     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000449     Document Type: Article

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