title: [Post-traumatic and psychotic symptoms in severely traumatised patients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Severely traumatised patients may show a variety of impairments, including psychotic symptoms. The therapist's specific professional background (e. g., trauma-focussed psychotherapy or general psychiatry) may impede adequate diagnosis and treatment of these patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three case reports show the development and change of post-traumatic and psychotic symptoms over time and the influence of specific interventions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important not to jump to conclusions and interpret perceptual disturbances (flashbacks, dissociative or psychotic ones) too quickly in an one-sided way. Further scientific investigations are mandatory in order to understand and treat patients in an adequate way.
authors.affiliation: BFU, Behandlungszentrum für Folteropfer Ulm. r.kurth@rehaverein.de
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kurth
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gerhardt
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schäfer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D014421:Turkey; D015022:Yugoslavia
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives