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. 2007 Nov 13;34(3):568–579. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbm121

Table 1.

Studies of the Frequency of Childhood Trauma in Groups With Psychosis

Method of Assessment % of Sample With
1. Psychosis Diagnosis
Study N 2. Trauma Sample CT CSA CPA
Beck and van der Kolk11 26 1. Patient file audit Inpatient women with chronic psychosis 46
2. Patient file audit
Goff et al12 61 1. SCID Outpatients with chronic psychosis 44 (w: 48, m: 42)
2. LEQ
Greenfield et al13 38 1. SCID Inpatients with first-episode psychosis 53 29 45
2. LEQ
Ross et al14 83 1. DIS Inpatients with schizophrenia 45 (w: 43, m: 53) 25 (w: 42, m: 16) 31 (w: 42, m: 47)
2. DDIS
Trojan15 96 1. Not reported Inpatients with schizophrenia or “manic-depressive psychosis” 26 (w: 27, m: 24)
2. Authors' questionnaire
Darves-Bornoz et al16 64 1. Not reported Inpatient women with schizophrenia 36
2. Authors' interview
Heads et al17 102 1. Patient file audit Inpatients with severe schizophrenia with a history of violence 20 (w: 49, m: 6) 36 (w: 52, m: 28)
2. Patient file audit
Lysaker et al18 54 1. SCID Outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder 35
2. CSTQ
Neria et al19 426 1. SCID First-episode psychosis 32 (w: 44, m: 24)
2. Consensus from research and clinical interviews
Scheller-Gilkey et al20 40 1. SCID Outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder 53
2. CTES
Shaw et al21 45 1. CIDI Inpatients with acute psychosis 13
2. Authors' interview
Gearon et al22 54 1. SCID Outpatient women with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder 61 48
2. TLEQ
Offen et al23 26 1. Not reported Outpatients with psychotic disorders with hallucinations 35 (w: 71, m: 26)
2. Authors' questionnaire
Resnick et al24 47 1. SCID Outpatients with schizophrenia 36 (w: 47, m: 18)
2. THQ-R
Compton et al25 18 1. SCID Inpatients with first-episode psychosis 50 61
2. CTQ-SF
Lysaker et al26 37 1. SCID Outpatient men with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder 38
2. CAQ
Braehler et al27 14 1. Not reported Outpatients with schizophrenia 50
2. CTQ
Hardy et al28 75 1. Not reported Inpatients and outpatients with nonaffective psychosis 18
2. THQ
Hlastala and McClellan29 75 1. SCID Inpatients and outpatients with early-onset psychosis 62
2. SCID and DICA-R
Kilcommons and Morrison30 32 1. Not reported Outpatients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder 13 10
2. THQ
Lysaker et al31 65 1. SCID Outpatient men with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder 28
2. CEQ
Lysaker et al32 30 1. SCID Outpatient men with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder 40
2. CAQ
Neria et al33 109 1. SCID Inpatients with first-episode bipolar disorder with psychosis 28
2. CIDI
Schenkel et al34 40 1. Authors' interview Inpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder 45
2. Patient file audit
Kim et al35 100 1. Not reported Inpatient women with schizophrenia 37 34
2. Authors' interview
Schafer et al36 30 1. SCID Inpatient women with psychosis 73 37
2. CTQ

Note: CT, childhood trauma; CSA, child sexual abuse; CPA, child physical abuse; SCID, Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; LEQ, Life Experiences Questionnaire; DIS, Diagnostic Interview Schedule; DDIS, Dissociative Disorders Interview Scale; CSTQ, Childhood Sexual Trauma Questionnaire; CTES, Childhood Traumatic Events Scale; CIDI, Composite International Diagnostic Interview; TLEQ, Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire; THQ-R, Trauma History Questionnaire-Revised; CTQ-SF, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form; CAQ, Childhood Abuse Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; THQ, Trauma History Questionnaire; DICA-R, Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents-Revised; CEQ, Childhood Experiences Questionnaire; m, men; w, women.