Childhood adversity and psychosis: A literature review with clinical and societal implications

About the Authors Dr Daniel Skehan is a Clinical Psychologist for Acute Care Services in Haringey, London. Dr Warren Larkin is Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist for the Lancashire Early Intervention in Psychosis Service. He is also Clinical Director of the Children & Families Network at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, and an Honorary Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Lancaster University. Warren co-edited the book, Trauma and Psychosis: New Directions for Theory and Therapy (Routledge). Dr John Read is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is the Editor of the ISPS (www.isps.org) scientific journal Psychosis and of Models of Madness: Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to Schizophrenia.
adaniel.skehan@beh-mht.nhs.uk