Psychosis in children of Holocaust survivors: influence of the Holocaust in the choice of themes in their psychoses.
This report examines psychotic symptoms in children of Holocaust survivors. The authors present two cases that show how the manifestations of schizophrenia were influenced by the Holocaust. The cases show how the effects of one generation's trauma are seen in the symptoms and behavior of the next.
D000328:Adult; D003209:Concentration Camps; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D014858:War Crimes