Purpose Stressful childhood experiences (SCE) are associated with many different health
outcomes, such as psychiatric symptoms, physical illnesses, alcohol and drug abuse, and …

Objectives It has been argued that attachment theory could enhance our knowledge and
understanding of psychotic phenomenology. Design We systematically reviewed and …

Evidence that childhood adversities are risk factors for psychosis has accumulated rapidly.
Research into the mechanisms underlying these relationships has focused, productively, on …

Objective Based on theoretical considerations and animal studies, mediation of 'social
defeat'(SD) in the association between childhood trauma (CT) and psychosis was …

A new and profoundly important paradigm for understanding overwhelming emotional pain
has emerged over the last few years, with the potential to change the way we conceptualize …

Background Public beliefs about the causes of mental health problems are related to desire
for distance and pessimism about recovery, and are therefore frequently studied. The beliefs …

Betrayal trauma theory proposes that one response to betrayal may be to keep knowledge of
the trauma out of conscious awareness. Although this betrayal blindness may be beneficial …

This book extends the critical scope of the previous volume, De-Medicalizing Misery, into a
wider social and political context, developing the critique of the psychiatrization of Western …

Aims. High numbers of psychiatric service users experience domestic violence, yet limited
interventions exist for these victims. We piloted a domestic violence intervention for …

The present study compared rates of trauma exposure and PTSD among three groups of
women at high trauma risk: those with substance use disorders (SUD) and schizophrenia …