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The Characteristic Features of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Clinical and Nonclinical Groups: State-of-the-Art Overview and Future Directions
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Despite a growing interest in auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) in different clinical and nonclinical groups, the phenomenological characteristics of such experiences have not yet been reviewed and contrasted, limiting our understanding of these phenomena on multiple empirical, theoretical, and clinical levels. We look at some of the most prominent descriptive features of AVHs in schizophrenia (SZ). These are then examined in clinical conditions including substance abuse, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, dementia, late-onset SZ, mood disorders, borderline personality disorder, hearing impairment, and dissociative disorders. The phenomenological changes linked to AVHs in prepsychotic stages are also outlined, together with a review of AVHs in healthy persons. A discussion of key issues and future research directions concludes the review.
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“in the last decades, there have been few reviews about AVHs in a non-clinical sample, and they were limited in scope (e.g., they focused on specific mechanisms or experience) [38], theoretical, centred on the continuum [14] or focused on the comparison between clinical and non-clinical voice-hearers [20, 39–42].”
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- Laroi, F., Sommer, I. E., Blom, J. D., Fernyhough, C., ffytche, D. H., Hugdahl, K., Johns, L. C., McCarthy-Jones, S., Preti, A., Raballo, A., Slotema, C. W., Stephane, M., & Waters, F.
- Affiliations
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Durham University (GB)
- Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Cagliari (IT)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Parnassia Groep (NL)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
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- Schizophrenia Bulletin
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- Oxford University Press (OUP)
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- 2012-04-12
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- 38
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- 724-733
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- 0586-7614 (ISSN-L)
- 1745-1701
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- PMC3406519
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hallucinations in medical conditions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Keywords
- auditory verbal hallucinations, schizophrenia
- MeSH terms
- Borderline Personality Disorder, Dementia, Dissociative Disorders, Epilepsy, Hallucinations, Humans, Parkinson Disease, Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders, Hearing Loss, Prodromal Symptoms
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