Citation

Ellason JW, Ross CA. Psychol. Rep. 1997; 80(2): 447-450.

Affiliation

University of Texas at Arlington, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9129365

Abstract

144 psychiatric inpatients who reported childhood physical or sexual trauma were administered the Symptom Check List-90-Revised, the Dissociative Experiences Scale, and the Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule. There was a significant association of reported childhood abuse with psychotic and other symptoms. The findings support the hypothesis that experience of trauma may precede psychiatric symptoms, perhaps including positive symptoms of schizophrenia.

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