The impact of childhood sexual trauma on intimacy and sexuality needs among people with non-affective psychosis

Improving Romantic Relationship Functioning Among Young Men With First-Episode Psychosis: Impact of a Novel Group Intervention

“…This may also be true for self-esteem and self-stigma, two outcomes that did not improve after the intervention. Thus, a greater focus on previous traumatic experiences may be needed to help shift long-standing unfavorable perceptions about oneself and other people in the context dating ( de Jager et al, 2021 ; White et al, 2021 ). Our findings suggest that stigmatizing attitudes could potentially be improved with our intervention (small effect size for RRFS-Stigma), but it would be interesting to evaluate whether adjunct trauma-based interventions could enhance these effects, particularly among individuals with a greater history of trauma exposure.…”

“…Furthermore, future research should investigate which components of the program are most effective, as well as which individuals might respond better or more poorly to the intervention ( de Villiers et al, 2018 ; Hofmann & Hayes, 2019 ). Targeting trauma outside of group therapy, either before or during the intervention, may also be necessary for some participants to better benefit from this treatment ( de Jager et al, 2021 ; White et al, 2021 ).…”