| I did! When you look at the studies I posted initially, one theory is that schizophrenia is a result of posttraumatic stress caused by childhood trauma, and a coping strategy (flashbacks, intrusions, dissociation). It may not be in all cases, but in the cases where that is, PTSD treatment seems to work to fundamentally heal schizophrenia. Remission of schizophrenia after an EMDR session
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8820797/ Applications of Trauma Treatment for Schizophrenia
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/109267710037051... Making meaning of trauma in psychosis
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.... Even if you believe schizophrenia to be first and then lead to traumatic experiences (which it certainly will), it makes total sense to do a trauma assessment and heal the maladaptive strategies and broken beliefs related to these traumatic experiences, which is where again PTSD treatment comes in. "In the last 2 decades, it has become obvious that child
abuse, urbanization, migration, and adverse life events contribute to the etiology of schizophrenia and other psychoses. […] I expect to see the end of the concept of schizophrenia soon." (Murray, R. M. (2016). Mistakes I Have Made in My Research Career. Schizophrenia Bulletin, sbw165. doi:10.1093/schbul/sbw165) |
basically admitting psychotic episodes kicks you out of most programs before you can even start, because the anticipated overreaction to slight triggers can only be handled by the most experienced counselors, or so they believe.
In that sense I appreciate you sharing these papers while pointing out that it's still a looong way to have this currently "esoteric" knowledge mainstream.