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Childhood adversity and psychotic disorders evidence-based report Reviewer, Mark Ayson, Literature search, Amanda Bowens

Contributor(s): Ayson, Mark | Bowens, Amanda.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Wellington, New Zealand : Accident Compensation Corporation, 2014Description: electronic document (27 pages) ; PDF file: 550 KB.Subject(s): CHILD ABUSE | CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE | Accident Compensation Corporation | ADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE | ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE | ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES | BULLYING | CHILD NEGLECT | EMOTIONAL ABUSE | MENTAL HEALTH | LITERATURE REVIEWS | PHYSICAL ABUSE | PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS | RISK FACTORS | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Click here to access online Summary: the cause of schizophrenia is most likely multifactorial with a complex interaction between genes and environmental factors • childhood adversity includes sexual, physical and emotional abuse, parental death, bullying and neglect • a history of childhood adversity, including forms of abuse, are more than likely to be more frequent in people with psychotic disorders • there is good evidence that childhood adversity is a likely risk factor for the development of psychotic disorders with an odds ratio of between 2 and 3 • there is some evidence that childhood adversity may be on the causal pathway in the development of psychotic disorders. (Executive summary). Record #5217
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the cause of schizophrenia is most likely multifactorial with a complex interaction between genes and environmental factors
• childhood adversity includes sexual, physical and emotional abuse, parental death, bullying and neglect
• a history of childhood adversity, including forms of abuse, are more than likely to be more frequent in people with psychotic disorders
• there is good evidence that childhood adversity is a likely risk factor for the development of psychotic disorders with an odds ratio of between 2 and 3
• there is some evidence that childhood adversity may be on the causal pathway in the development of psychotic disorders. (Executive summary). Record #5217