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. 2017 Jun 1;8:92. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00092

Table 1.

Summary of trauma type, PTSD, psychotic symptoms, target hotspot and associated memory, and key tf-CBTp interventions.

Participant (diagnosis) Trauma type Psychotic symptoms Target hotspot and associated memory Key tf-CBTp; phase 4 intervention
P1
Primary: unspecified non-organic psychosis
Secondary: PTSD
Childhood; multiple
Sought asylum in the UK
Auditory command hallucinations
Visual hallucinations
Paranoia
Witnessing murder of childhood friend; childhood physical abuse; held captive and tortured Cognitive restructuring
Reliving with CR
Imagery rescripting (for nightmares and visions)

P2
Primary: schizophrenia
Secondary: severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms
Adult; single event Auditory command hallucinations
Persecutory beliefs
Living in conflict zone and held at gunpoint by terrorists Cognitive restructuring
Reliving with CR

P3
Primary: other non-organic psychotic disorder
Secondary: PTSD
Childhood; multiple
Sought asylum in the UK
Auditory hallucinations
Visual, tactile, and olfactory hallucinations
Persecutory beliefs
Living in conflict zone (civil war/genocide); parents killed. Held captive and gang raped; witnessed murder of grandfather Cognitive restructuring
Imagery rescripting

P4
Primary: unspecified non-organic psychosis
Secondary: none
Childhood; single event Auditory command hallucinations
Visual and tactile hallucinations
Persecutory beliefs
Rape in childhood Cognitive restructuring
Imagery rescripting for trauma event and visual hallucinations
Schema work

P5
Primary: PTSDSecondary: emotionally unstable personality disorder
Adult; multiple Auditory command hallucinations
Visual, olfactory, and tactile hallucinations
Persecutory beliefs
Several rapes and extreme physical assaults (long-term domestic violence); stillbirth of child Cognitive restructuring
Reliving with CR for trauma events
Imagery rescripting for visual, olfactory tactile, and hallucinations

P6
Primary: severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms
Secondary: none
Childhood; single event Auditory hallucinations
Persecutory beliefs
Physical and emotional abuse Imagery rescripting
Schema work

P7
Primary: schizophrenia
Secondary: severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms
Adult; single event Auditory hallucinations
Visual, tactile, and olfactory hallucinations
Persecutory beliefs
Being threatened with a knife Cognitive restructuring reliving with CR

P8 Primary:
PTSD
Secondary: severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms
Adult; multiple
Sought asylum in the UK
Commanding voices
Visual and tactile hallucinations
Persecutory beliefs
Long-term imprisonment with physical and sexual torture. Witnessing murder in prison Cognitive restructuring reliving with CR
Imagery rescripting

P9
Primary: severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms
Secondary: none
Childhood; multiple Auditory command hallucinations
Visual and tactile hallucinations
Persecutory beliefs
Repeated childhood physical abuse Cognitive restructuring
Imagery rescripting for trauma events, visual and tactile hallucinations, and nightmares