Abstract
Relationship between trauma-related psychotic reactions and Post-traumatic stress symptoms: the mediating role of alcohol use
Highlights
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is characterized by re-experiencing symptoms related to the trauma, as well as emotional numbing, avoidance of trauma-related stimuli, and increased arousal[1]
PTSD symptoms were positively correlated with alcohol use and psychotic experiences
Alcohol use was positively correlated with psychotic experiences
Summary
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is characterized by re-experiencing symptoms related to the trauma, as well as emotional numbing, avoidance of trauma-related stimuli, and increased arousal[1]. Mounting evidence showed that trauma and PTSD symptoms can be risk factors in the emergence of psychotic experiences [4,5,6,7,8]. Vogel et al (2006) found that posttraumatic symptomatology rather than trauma itself increased the risk of psychopathological experience in the schizophrenia inpatients. The relationship still hasn’t been fully understand besides the theory that PTSD and psychosis are both part of a spectrum of reactions to trauma [9,10,11]
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