John McMullen, Paul O’Callaghan, Ciarán Shannon, Alastair Black et al.
BACKGROUND: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been home to the world's deadliest conflict since World War II and is reported to have the largest number of child soldiers in the world. Despite evidence of the debilitating impact of war, no group-based mental health or psychosocial interventi...
Tania Bosqui, Katrina Hoy, Ciarán Shannon
Purpose A number of studies have found an ethnic density effect in psychotic disorders, where the incidence for ethnic minorities increases as the neighbourhood proportional ethnic composition decreases [Morgan and Hutchinson, Psychol Med 40:705-709, (2010); Singh, Psychol Med 39:1402-1403, (2009); ...
Wendy Spence, Ciaran Mulholland, Gerry Lynch, Suzanne McHugh et al.
Despite strong evidence of high rates of childhood and adult trauma in schizophrenia, the area remains under-researched. Our objectives in the study were first, to examine the rates of exposure to childhood, adult and lifetime (child plus adult) trauma in a population with schizophrenia and a popula...
Chrissie Maguire, Christopher G. McCusker, Ciaran Meenagh, Ciaran Mulholland et al.
OBJECTIVES: This study examined: (i) the prevalence of trauma in a bipolar disorder (BD) sample, and (ii) how trauma histories mediated by interpersonal difficulties and alcohol dependence impact on the severity of BD. The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its relationship to ou...
William Mowlds, Ciarán Shannon, Christopher G. McCusker, Ciaran Meenagh et al.
OBJECTIVES: In a bipolar disorder (BD) sample, the present study investigated: (i) the prevalence of trauma; (ii) the specificity of autobiographical memory (AM); (iii) the influence of childhood trauma on AM specificity, current inter-episode depressive mood, and BD severity; (iv) if AM specificity...
Stephen Clarke, Donncha Hanna, Ciaran Mulholland, Ciarán Shannon et al.
Objective: To conduct a systematic review of controlled studies to determine the effect of digital health technologies on psychotic symptoms.Method: Electronic databases were searched up to March 2019. A narrative synthesis and meta-analyses of subcategories were completed.Results: Twenty-one articl...
Benjamin Brew, Michael Doris, Ciarán Shannon, Ciaran Mulholland
Identification of individuals with an at-risk mental state (ARMS) who are at a heightened risk of developing psychosis allows researchers and clinicians to identify what factors are associated with poorer outcomes and transitions to psychosis. A number of socioenvironmental factors are linked to an ...
Elaine M. Klewchuk, Christopher G. McCusker, Ciaran Mulholland, Ciarán Shannon
OBJECTIVES: This study investigates whether cognitive biases related to trauma (physical and sexual trauma) are present in a sample of participants with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. METHOD: Fifty-three participants, with a DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia, completed tasks of attentional and memory...
Twylla Cunningham, Ciarán Shannon, Ivor Crothers, Katrina Hoy et al.
Purpose: Studies have found an association between a history of trauma and the presence of psychotic symptoms. Despite the research evidence it appears to be the case that many clinicians are not routinely asking about traumatic experiences. This study aims to ascertain the level of agreement betwee...
Madeleine Dalsklev, Twylla Cunningham, Áine Travers, Tracey McDonagh et al.
BACKGROUND It is well-documented that there is a high prevalence rate of childhood trauma experiences among the prison population, and studies have found a link between childhood trauma and later acts of violence. OBJECTIVE The aim of the current study was to investigate whether childhood trauma (i....
Benjamin Brew, Ciarán Shannon, Lesley Storey, Adrian Boyd et al.
Over recent years there has been a growing interest in identifying the early stages of psychosis. The At Risk Mental State (ARMS) is characteristic of the prodromal stages of psychosis and its identification gives rise to a number of clinical and research opportunities including early intervention a...
Twylla Cunningham, Ciarán Shannon, Ivor Crothers, Katrina Hoy et al.
Researchers have consistently demonstrated associations between trauma and psychosis (e.g. Rossiter et al., 2015) and there remains an important question as to whether enquiring about traumatic exp...
David Mongan, Ciarán Shannon, Donncha Hanna, Adrian Boyd et al.
A history of childhood adversity is known to be associated with psychotic disorder as well as subclinical psychotic-like experiences. This study aimed to examine the relationship between specific types of childhood adversity and psychotic-like experiences in a general population sample, and to deter...
Susan Lagdon, Julie‐Ann Jordan, Ciarán Shannon, Mark A. Tully et al.
Less Obvious Coercive Control -Male Victim (Group B -Scenario 2)"Every time they go for dinner Jane would insist on ordering
Ciarán Shannon, Julie‐Ann Jordan, Kathryn Higgins, Grace Kelly et al.
Abstract Background The relationship between psychotic symptoms and bullying has received limited attention to date. A systematic review by Cunningham, Hoy, & Shannon (2016) identified only ten studies that met their inclusion criteria for examining the relationship between childhood bullying an...