Reduced gray matter volume in psychotic disorder patients with a history of childhood sexual abuse

Sheffield, Julia M.; Williams, Lisa E.; Woodward, Neil D.; Heckers, Stephan

doi:10.1016/j.schres.2012.10.032

Reduced gray matter volume in psychotic disorder patients with a history of childhood sexual abuse

Childhood trauma is associated with smaller gray matter volume, similar to the pattern seen in psychotic disorders. We explored the relationship between childhood abuse, psychosis, and brain volume in a group of 60 individuals with a psychotic disorder and 26 healthy control subjects. We used vox…