Visual Hallucinations in First-Episode Psychosis: Association with Childhood Trauma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hallucinations are a core diagnostic criterion for psychotic disorders and have been investigated with regard to its association with childhood trauma in first-episode psychosis samples. Research has largely focused on auditory hallucinations, while specific investigations of visual hallucinations in first-episode psychosis remain scarce.

Objectives

The aims of this study were to describe the prevalence of visual hallucinations, and to explore the association between visual hallucination and childhood trauma in a first-episode psychosis sample.

Methods

Subjects were included from TIPS-2, a first episode psychosis study in south Rogaland, Norway. Based on the medical journal descriptions of the Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS), a separate score f

SUBMITTER: Solesvik M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4856312 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature