The relationship between adulthood traumatic experiences and psychotic symptoms in female patients with schizophrenia

Yildirim M. H., Yildirim E. A., Kaser M., Guduk M., Fistikci N., Cinar O., ...More

COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY, vol.55, no.8, pp.1847-1854, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 55 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.08.049
  • Journal Name: COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1847-1854
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Previously, research aiming to investigate the effects of interpersonal traumatic experiences on psychotic symptoms mainly focused on adverse experiences in childhood. As mentioned above, patients with schizophrenia, particularly women, are at high risk for physical and sexual abuse in adulthood. In this study we aimed to investigate the effects of adulthood trauma in a sample of patients with schizophrenia who did not report childhood trauma.