Schizophrenia Research
Volume 116, Issue 2 , Pages 217-227 , February 2010

The trauma of psychosis: Posttraumatic stress disorder and recent onset psychosis

  • Kim T. Mueser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
    • Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
    • Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Concord, NH, USA
    • Dartmouth Trauma Intervention Research Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Main Building, 105 Pleasant St. Concord, NH 03301, USA. Tel.: +1 603 271 5747; fax: +1 603 271 5265.
    • ,
  • Weili Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA
    • ,
  • Stanley D. Rosenberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
    • Dartmouth Trauma Intervention Research Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
    • ,
  • Rosemarie Wolfe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
    • Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Concord, NH, USA

Received 28 July 2009 ,Revised 28 October 2009 ,Accepted 28 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.10.025

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 116, Issue 2 , Pages 217-227 , February 2010

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