Links between trauma and psychosis (Review)

Relationships between trauma and psychosis: a review and integration.

OBJECTIVES This paper examines the research and theoretical literature on potential links between trauma and psychosis. METHODS Three main alternatives are considered; can psychosis cause PTSD, can trauma cause psychosis and could psychosis and PTSD both be part of a spectrum of responses to a traumatic event? The more influential studies considered are critically evaluated and methodological...

Relationship between Muscle Tunisia and Psychosis

In this study we introduce a few examples intended to illustrate the wide variety of objec­tive correlations that have been established between psyche and muscle tone. These exam­ples illustrate how muscle tone may cause the induction of certain effective or emotional be­haviour patterns, and vice versa.

Mediating links between maternal childhood trauma and preadolescent behavioral adjustment.

Structural equation modeling was used to simultaneously examine maternal psychological distress and social support as mediators linking maternal childhood trauma (MCT) to both maternal and child-reported behavior at 9 years of age in 231 birth mother-child dyads, who were primarily poor, urban, and African American. One half of the mothers (n = 116) reported a history of childhood abuse and neg...

Trauma-focused Treatment in Psychosis

At the end of the day, ain't nobody else gonna walk in your shoes, quite the way that you do. So be at peace with yourself. " Bill Fay, lyrics from 'Be At Peace With Yourself'

Editorial: Trauma, Psychosis and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder