Life events and psychosis: a review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recent models of psychosis implicate stressful events in its etiology. However, while evidence has accumulated for childhood trauma, the role of adult life events has received less attention. Therefore, a review of the existing literature on the relationship between life events and onset of psychotic disorder/experiences is timely.

Methods

A search was conducted using PsychInfo, Medline, Embase, and Web of Science to identify studies of life events and the onset of psychosis or psychotic experiences within the general population. Given previous methodological concerns, this review included a novel quality assessment tool and focused on findings from the most robust studies. A meta-analysis was performed on a subgroup of 13 studies.

Results

Sixteen studies

SUBMITTER: Beards S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3686461 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature