Evidence that the impact of childhood trauma on IQ is substantial in controls, moderate in siblings, and absent in patients with psychotic disorder

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 316-324

  van Os, Jim ^a,b   Marsman, Anne ^a   van Dam, Daniela ^c   Simons, Claudia J P ^a,d   Alizadeh, Berhooz Z ^e,f   Bartels Velthuis, Agna A ^e,f   van Beveren, Nico J ^g   Bruggeman, Richard ^e,f   Cahn, Wiepke ^h   de Haan, Lieuwe ^c   Delespaul, Philippe ^a   Meijer, Carin J ^c   Myin Germeys, Inez ⁱ   Kahn, Rene S ^h   Schirmbeck, Frederike ^c   van Haren, Neeltje E ^h   van Winkel, Ruud ^a,i  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d GGzE Foundation for Mental Health Care Eindhoven en de Kempen   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f Antes Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognition; Genetics; Psychosis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM DISORDER; SIBLING; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLINGS;

EID: 85026320042     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbw177     Document Type: Article

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