Trauma; Psychosis and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• Main Author: Kate V. Hardy (auth)
• Other Authors: Kim T. Mueser (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Psychosis; PTSD; Auditory Hallucinations; Negative Symptoms; Childhood Trauma; Trauma; Psychological Interventions; Lived Experience
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

There is abundant evidence showing a strong association between trauma exposure, psychotic symptoms, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Early trauma exposure contributes to the formation of psychotic symptoms and the development of psychotic disorders or severe mental illnesses such as schizo...