The Triggering Hypothesis of the Role of Life Events in Schizophrenia
- 1 October 1992
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 161 (S18) , 84-87
- https://doi.org/10.1192/s0007125000297092
Abstract
The idea of a triggering effect in schizophrenia emphasises the role of life events as precipitating factors which act on an individual's specific predisposition towards the illness (Wing, 1978).Keywords
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