Association between childhood trauma and multimodal early-onset hallucinations.
case_control · Level III
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 31902385.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1192/bjp.2019.266 and PMC identifier 7557870.
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Abstract
Previous reports suggest that adverse events during childhood could be related to an array of psychiatric problems. Here, we question the relationship between childhood traumatic experiences and the sensory complexity of hallucinations in a cohort of 75 children and adolescents. We evidence a positive link between the number of sensory modalities involved in hallucinations and history of childhood trauma, even after controlling for the co-occurrence of suicidal ideation or the number of ICD-10 diagnoses. These findings support initiatives in which a routine exploration of traumatic events in childhood is performed when multimodal hallucinations are present.
Medical subject headings
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Hallucinations
- Psychological Trauma