Voice hearing (VH) is often regarded as pathognomic for schizophrenia. The purpose of this
article is to review and integrate historical, clinical, epidemiological, and phenomenological …

Although prolonged exposure (PE) has received the most empirical support of any treatment
for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), clinicians are often hesitant to use PE due to …

Childhood maltreatment or abuse is a major risk factor for mood, anxiety, substance abuse,
psychotic, and personality disorders, and it is associated with reduced adult hippocampal …

BackgroundPrevious research suggests that various types of childhood maltreatment
frequently co-occur and confer risk for multiple psychiatric diagnoses. This non-specific …

Previous studies have reported associations between childhood adversities, eg, loss of a
parent, being raised in institutional care, sexual and other kinds of abuse by adults and …

BackgroundIt has been proposed that the relationship between childhood trauma and
hallucinations can be explained by dissociative processes. The present study examined …

The meanings and causes of hearing voices that others cannot hear (auditory verbal
hallucinations, in psychiatric parlance) have been debated for thousands of years. Voice …

BackgroundApproximately 11% of schoolchildren are bullied on a regular basis. It has been
argued that continuous exposure to stress is related to the development of psychotic …

This book offers reflections on how liberation might be experienced by clients as a result of
the therapeutic relationship. It explores how power and resistance might be most effectively …

BACKGROUND: Initial studies have shown that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be
effectivelytreated in patients with a psychotic disorder. These studies however used adapted …