Dissociation in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: What is the role of different types of childhood adversity?

Our study aimed to explore the effects of different types of adverse childhood experiences (e.g. domestic violence, early loss, parental dysfunction, sexual and physical abuse) as well as experiences of sexual and physical abuse in adulthood on dissociative symptoms in adult patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 28, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Katrin Schroeder, Willemien Langeland, Helen L. Fisher, Christian G. Huber, Ingo Schäfer Source Type: research