Why do brains have so many connections? The principles exposed by Andy Clark provide
answers to questions like this by appealing to the notion that brains distil causal regularities …

There is currently a growing body of research examining environmental factors in the
etiology of psychosis. Much recent interest has focused on the relationship between …

Increasing evidence supports the role of childhood trauma in the etiology of psychosis but
underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Early maltreatment has been linked to …

BackgroundThe well-established relationship between childhood adversity and psychosis is
likely to involve other factors such as genetic variants that can help us to understand why not …

There is active, current speculation about the relationship between trauma and psychosis.
However, little is known about the information-processing mechanisms underlying the …

Lataster J, MyinGermeys I, Lieb R, Wittchen HU, van Os J. Adversity and psychosis: a 10
year prospective study investigating synergism between early and recent adversity in …

This study investigates links between emotional abuse and emotional awareness.
Predictions included a positive correlation between emotional abuse and alexithymia, and …

Depression is common in people with schizophrenia, but how it might directly contribute to
the persistence of psychotic symptoms has rarely been tested. The key aim of the present …

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appears to commonly co-occur with schizophrenia,
which is widely considered the most disabling mental illness. Both conditions share …

This article summarizes the research literature documenting the high prevalence of
psychological trauma, including childhood sexual and physical abuse, among people …