Childhood trauma is associated with severity of hallucinations and delusions in psychotic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

T Bailey, M Alvarez-Jimenez… - Schizophrenia …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Childhood trauma is a risk factor for the development of psychosis. Furthermore,
a number of theories propose specific mechanisms by which childhood trauma may …

The traumagenic neurodevelopmental model of psychosis revisited

J Read, R Fosse, A Moskowitz, B Perry - Neuropsychiatry, 2014 - pure.au.dk
Evidence that childhood adversities are risk factors for psychosis has accumulated rapidly.
Research into the mechanisms underlying these relationships has focused, productively, on …

Peripheral brain-derived neurotrophic factor in schizophrenia and the role of antipsychotics: meta-analysis and implications

BS Fernandes, J Steiner, M Berk, ML Molendijk… - Molecular …, 2015 - nature.com
It has been postulated that schizophrenia (SZ) is related to a lower expression of brain-
derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). In the past few years, an increasing number of divergent …

Refining and integrating schizophrenia pathophysiology–relevance of the allostatic load concept

B Misiak, D Frydecka, M Zawadzki, M Krefft… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Adaptation to stress leads to the activation of several biological systems that maintain
homeostasis and enable effective coping with challenges. These adaptive processes have …

Childhood adversity specificity and dose-response effect in non-affective first-episode psychosis

AM Trauelsen, S Bendall, JE Jansen, HGL Nielsen… - Schizophrenia …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Reviews conclude that childhood and adolescence sexual, physical, emotional
abuse and emotional and physical neglect are all risk factors for psychosis. However …

What are the personality and trauma dynamics that contribute to posttraumatic growth?

H Shuwiekh, IA Kira, JS Ashby - International Journal of Stress …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
The goal of the current study is to explore the impact of different trauma types and some
personality dynamics and their interactions on enhancing or impeding posttraumatic growth …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in systemic trauma theory: Traumatogenic dynamics and consequences of backlash as a multi-systemic trauma on Iraqi refugee Muslim …

IA Kira, L Lewandowski, L Chiodo, A Ibrahim - Psychology, 2014 - scirp.org
Development in adolescence puts youth in direct contact with social systems, thereby
increasing exposure to systemic traumas. The present article aims to advance systemic …

Cumulative trauma, appraisal, and coping in Palestinian and American Indian adults: Two cross-cultural studies.

IA Kira, AZ Omidy, JS Ashby - Traumatology: An International …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
The current research utilized a new integrative traumatology framework to measure and
study chronic stress and trauma profiles, cumulative trauma (CT) appraisal, and coping in 2 …

Brain derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) is associated with childhood abuse but not cognitive domains in first episode psychosis

C Theleritis, HL Fisher, I Shäfer, L Winters, D Stahl… - Schizophrenia …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) modulates cognitive
processes and is associated with increased risk of schizophrenia. Childhood trauma (CT) is …

Childhood adversity and psychosis: From heresy to certainty

J Read - Models of madness, 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
It seems important to provide a historical context in order to understand how the current
domination of schizophrenia's 'treatment'by neuroleptic drugs (we use this term and …