Citation

Medjkane F, Notredame CÉ, Sharkey L, D'Hondt F, Vaiva G, Jardri R. Br. J. Psychiatry 2020; 216(3): 156-158.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

10.1192/bjp.2019.266

PMID

31902385

PMCID

PMC7557870

Abstract

Previous reports suggest that adverse events during childhood could be related to an array of psychiatric problems. Here, we question the relationship between childhood traumatic experiences and the sensory complexity of hallucinations in a cohort of 75 children and adolescents. We evidence a positive link between the number of sensory modalities involved in hallucinations and history of childhood trauma, even after controlling for the co-occurrence of suicidal ideation or the number of ICD-10 diagnoses. These findings support initiatives in which a routine exploration of traumatic events in childhood is performed when multimodal hallucinations are present.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Male; Adolescent; Cohort Studies; Suicidal Ideation; Age of Onset; phenomenology; Hallucinations; childhood trauma; Adverse Childhood Experiences; Psychological Trauma; multisensory; voice hearing