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15 June 2006
Researchers reporting at a conference in Madrid have highlighted child abuse as a key risk factor in the development of schizophrenia.
They said that around two-thirds of people with schizophrenia have suffered physical abuse or sexual abuse, suggesting it makes a major contribution to the disorder, along with the proven connection between schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Paul Hammersley from the University of Manchester in the UK commented: "We are not returning to the 1960s and making the mistake of blaming families, but professionals have to realize that child abuse was a reality for a large number of adult sufferers of psychosis."
Hammersley and co-presenter John Read, from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, reviewed the findings of 40 studies that showed childhood or adulthood sexual or physical abuse was present in the history of psychiatric patients.
A second review of 13 studies of patients with schizophrenia found rates of abuse that ranged from 51% to 97%.
Abuse was associated with an increased likelihood of experiencing hallucinations or flashbacks, which are associated with the schizophrenic experience, as well as hearing voices that bully them just as their abuser did, leading to paranoia and mistrust of people.
The researchers noted that not all patients with schizophrenia have suffered trauma and not all people who have been victims of abuse go on to develop schizophrenia or psychosis. They stressed, however, that more studies in schizophrenia need to look at childhood abuse.
Indeed, in their review of 33,648 studies between 1961 and 2000, less than 1% examined the impact of parental care.
Hammersley and Read acknowledged that genes are still likely to play a role in the development of schizophrenia but they are not the only factor.
They said that the belief that schizophrenia is a genetic disorder could negatively impact on treatment and lead patients to think that they are less likely to recover.
The findings were presented at the 15th International Congress for the Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia and other Psychoses held in Madrid, Spain.
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