Researchers in Finland reviewed questionnaires filled out by 911 primary and psychiatric care patients over 16 years of age. They found that more than half of the patients in primary care had had at least one psychotic symptom during their lifetime, and nearly 70% had experienced a childhood trauma at least once. Rates were higher in psychiatric care patients. Across both groups, psychotic symptoms correlated in a dose-response relationship with traumatic events, irrespective of age, type of service received, and patient’s functioning. Results will appear in European Psychiatry.
Pure common- sense really because life is just what it is. It is a matter of learning how to deal with what life throws at you. It is not always easy to do and some people get subjected to more trauma than others
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you won’t let me log in and view the article I requested to see, no matter how many times I fill in the details, having been ‘accepted’. what’s this about? that I clicked ‘other’ twice – because your pre-set categories don’t fit my reality?
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