Psychosis as precipitating trauma for PTSD: a treatment strategy.
Parallels between the experience of living with a psychotic illness and that of PTSD as a response to combat stress are explored, and similarities with respect to a loss of a sense of self are examined. Therapeutic implications of the possible connection between the two disorders are delineated in terms of a three-stage psychosocial recovery model.
Williams-Keeler
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Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Milliken
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Jones
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*