Traumatic Events, Social Adversity and Discrimination as Risk Factors for Psychosis - An Umbrella Review.

ABSTRACT: Exposure to childhood trauma is a well-known risk factor for severe mental disorders including schizophrenia and other non-affective psychoses. Beyond childhood trauma, there is increasing evidence that bullying, social exclusion, and discrimination during adolescence and adulthood may increase the risk of developing a psychotic disorder, and that such forms of traumatization may also underlie the elevated psychosis risk among migrants or persons with a visible minority status. In this umbrella review, we systematically assess meta-analyses regarding trauma and social adversity. A systematic literature review yielded 11 meta-analyses that met inclusion criteria and could be summarized quantitatively with a random effect model. Furthermore, six meta-analyses were evaluated qualitatively. He

SUBMITTER: Varchmin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8569921 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature