Trauma and the content of hallucinations and post-traumatic intrusions in first-episode psychosis.

Psychology and Psychotherapy
Natalie PeachSarah Bendall

Abstract

Increasing evidence suggests experiences of childhood trauma may be causally related to the development of hallucinations. Cognitive theories of psychosis suggest post-traumatic intrusions to be a primary mechanism in this relationship. These theories predict that the content of hallucinations will be related to traumatic experiences; however, few studies have investigated this. This study examined the relationship between childhood trauma, the content of hallucinations, and the content of post-traumatic intrusions in a sample with first-episode psychosis. Sixty-six young people aged 15-25 experiencing a first episode of psychosis were recruited from an early intervention service. Participants completed assessments of traumatic experiences, hallucination content, and post-traumatic intrusion content using a systematic coding frame. The coding frame assessed for three types of relationships between traumatic experiences, the content of hallucinations, and the content of post-traumatic intrusions: direct relationships (hallucination content exactly matching the trauma/intrusion), thematic relationships (hallucinations with the same themes as the trauma/intrusion), and no relationship (hallucination and trauma/intrusion content un...Continue Reading

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