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Psychol Trauma. 2023 Sep 7. doi: 10.1037/tra0001584. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: Symptomatic overlap between dissociation and psychosis is well documented; however, the pathogenesis of these two phenomena might be distinct. Few studies have analyzed the relation of dissociative and psychotic symptoms transdiagnostically. The current study examines an emerging trauma-dissociation theoretical model that accounts for psychotic symptoms across affective disorders and schizophrenia (SCZ).
METHOD: Psychiatric inpatients with DSM-5 major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorders (BD) currently in a major depressive episode, and SCZ, and healthy controls (HC) were recruited. Potentially traumatizing events in childhood, dissociative symptoms, and psychotic symptoms were assessed. In addition to participant’s self-report, dissociative and psychotic symptoms were rated by psychiatrists blind to the hypothesis. Path analysis was conducted.
RESULTS: Dissociation was commonly experienced by clinical participants, particularly for those with MDD or BD. For the SCZ group, ratings of dissociation differed between patient and clinician; specifically, patient-reported dissociation scores, but not clinician-rated scores, were higher than that of the HC group. Importantly, the links between childhood trauma, dissociation, and psychotic symptoms were not homogenous across the diagnostic groups. Dissociation mediated the relationship between childhood trauma and psychotic symptoms in the MDD and BD groups, but not the SCZ group.
CONCLUSION: Depending on the psychiatric condition, dissociation and psychosis have different clinical implications. Childhood trauma and dissociation provide an account for psychotic symptoms in patients diagnosed with MDD and BD, but not with SCZ. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
PMID:37676132 | DOI:10.1037/tra0001584
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