Uncharted Waters: Treating Trauma Symptoms in the Context of Early Psychosis.

ABSTRACT: Psychosis is conceptualized in a neurodevelopmental vulnerability-stress framework, and childhood trauma is one environmental factor that can lead to psychotic symptoms and the development of psychotic disorders. Higher rates of trauma are associated with higher psychosis risk and greater symptom frequency and severity, resulting in increased hospitalization rates and demand on outpatient primary care and mental health services. Despite an estimated 70% of individuals in the early stages of psychosis reporting a history of experiencing traumatic events, trauma effects (post-traumatic anxiety or depressive symptoms) are often overlooked in psychosis treatment and current interventions typically do not target commonly comorbid post-traumatic stress symptoms. We presented a protocol for Traum

SUBMITTER: B Folk J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6780072 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature