INTRODUCTION PREVALENCE OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE IN THE GENERAL POPULATION AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS RECENT REVIEWS ON CHILDHOOD ABUSE AND PSYCHOSIS CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEYS COHORT STUDIES STUDIES ON HIGH RISK POPULATIONS SPECIFICITY OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA TO SCHIZOPHRENIA: COMPARISON WITH OTHER CLINICAL POPULATIONS THE ROLE OF SPECIFIC TYPE OF ADVERSITIES IN THE AETIOLOGY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA PUTATIVE MEDIATING AND MODERATING FACTORS: GENDER, AFFECTIVE AND POST-TRAUMATIC SYMPTOMS, AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE MECHANISM OF RISK CONCLUSION REFERENCES