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.
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)
yes, there are indications for this to be true, however, it's _extremely_ hard to find clinicians willing to and courageous enough to work with patients with psychotic experiences on trauma.
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.
Trauma therapy has three components: safety from continued abuse, stabilization/resource building/(co)regulation, and confrontation. It would be ill-advised indeed to start confrontation when the other two are not in place, however it is perfectly possible to use trauma therapeutic methods for stabilizing, also for patients with psychoses.
Build a stable base camp. No need to go in deeper yet. But if you are preparing to go in and face the truth, you cannot do it with meds that blind you.
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)