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Prevalence of auditory pseudohallucinations in adult survivors of physical and sexual trauma with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Clifford, Georgina, Dalgleish, Tim, Hitchcock, Caitlin·2018·Behaviour Research and Therapy
DOI 10.1016/j.brat.2018.10.015PMC PMC6259581
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Auditory Verbal Hallucinations (AVHs) are commonly associated with psychosis but are also reported in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Hearing voices after the experience of stress has been conceptualised as a dissociative experience. Brewin and Patel's (2010) seminal study reported that hearing voices is relatively common in PTSD, as hearing voices was associated with PTSD in half and two thirds of military veterans and survivors of civilian trauma, respectively. The authors conceptualised these voices as "auditory pseudohallucinations." To build upon this work, we administered Brewin and Patel's' interview to adult survivors (n = 40) of physical and sexual trauma with chronic PTSD, and healthy controls (n = 39). In contrast to previous findings, only 5% (n = 2) of our PTSD sample reported recently hearing a voice that was consistent with an auditory pseudohallucination, with no reports in our control group. Thus, no support was provided for auditory pseudohallucinations as a significant symptom in this population.

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Authors
Clifford, G., Dalgleish, T., & Hitchcock, C.
Affiliations
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (GB)
Corresponding author
Clifford, Georgina
ORCID
Venue
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-12
Volume
111
Pages
113-118
ISSN
0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.brat.2018.10.015
PMC
PMC6259581
OpenAlex
W2899139511
Cited by
20
References
36
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5
FWCI
2.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Locations
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Apollo
Funders
  • UK Medical Research Council (SUAG/006/RG91365)
  • National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre.
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hallucinations in medical conditions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Keywords
auditory verbal hallucinations, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic PTSD, sexual trauma, physical trauma, trauma survivors, dissociation, voice hearing, prevalence
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Chronic Disease, Female, United Kingdom, Hallucinations, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Sex Offenses, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Comorbidity, Prevalence, Case-Control Studies, Survivors, Adult Survivors of Child Abuse, Young Adult

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