I have heard people comment from time to time that Chris must have suffered quite a shock over something. "Poor boy," said a homeopathic consultant, "he must have suffered quite a shock." This never made any sense to me at the time Chris was first diagnosed. Trauma to me means a car accident, the death of someone close to you, sexual abuse, or witnessing a horrific event. The shock idea is not new in psychiatric circles. However, it is not currently fashionable in the biochemically determined model of schizophrenia.
