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Childhood adversities increase the risk of psychosis. We have shown that having social peer support during childhood decreases the risk of psychosis caused by adversities. Social support may therefore be a resilience factor for psychosis. This was examined in a case control study and included findings of premorbid functioning.
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This is one of the first studies examining social support in childhood in relation to childhood adversities and the risk of psychosis.
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This page is a summary of: Childhood adversities: Social support, premorbid functioning and social outcome in first-episode psychosis and a matched case-control group, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, January 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0004867415625814.
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