Childhood adversity and psychotic disorders evidence-based report

Childhood adversity and psychotic disorders evidence-based report Reviewer, Mark Ayson, Literature search, Amanda Bowens - Wellington, New Zealand : Accident Compensation Corporation, 2014 - electronic document (27 pages) ; PDF file: 550 KB

the cause of schizophrenia is most likely multifactorial with a complex interaction between genes and environmental factors
• childhood adversity includes sexual, physical and emotional abuse, parental death, bullying and neglect
• a history of childhood adversity, including forms of abuse, are more than likely to be more frequent in people with psychotic disorders
• there is good evidence that childhood adversity is a likely risk factor for the development of psychotic disorders with an odds ratio of between 2 and 3
• there is some evidence that childhood adversity may be on the causal pathway in the development of psychotic disorders. (Executive summary). Record #5217


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CHILD ABUSE
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
ADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
BULLYING
CHILD NEGLECT
EMOTIONAL ABUSE
MENTAL HEALTH
LITERATURE REVIEWS
PHYSICAL ABUSE
PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
RISK FACTORS


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