Auditory Hallucinations in Dissociative Identity Disorder and Schizophrenia With and Without a Childhood Trauma History: Similarities and Differences
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Little is known about similarities and differences in voice hearing in schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder (DID) and the role of child maltreatment and dissociation. This study examined various aspects of voice hearing, along with childhood maltreatment and pathological dissociation in 3 samples: schizophrenia without child maltreatment (n = 18), schizophrenia with child maltreatment (n = 16), and DID (n = 29). Compared with the schizophrenia groups, the DID sample was more likely to have voices starting before 18, hear more than 2 voices, have both child and adult voices and experience tactile and visual hallucinations. The 3 groups were similar in that voice content was incongruent with mood and the location was more likely internal than external. Pathological dissociation predicted several aspects of voice hearing and appears an important variable in voice hearing, at least where maltreatment is present.
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Individuals with dissociative disorders are more likely to experience hearing voices before age 18 than individuals with psychotic-spectrum disorders.
“individuals with dissociative disorders were more likely to experience hearing voices before reaching the age of 18 and were more likely to experience hearing both child and adult voices in comparison to individuals with psychotic-spectrum disorders, who generally report hearing adult voices exclusively (Dorahy et al., 2009).”
From A review of the relation between dissociation, memory, executive functioning and social cognition in military members and civilians with neuropsychiatric conditions (2016) · cites this paper as Dorahy et al., 2009
Individuals with dissociative disorders are more likely to experience hearing both child and adult voices than individuals with psychotic-spectrum disorders, who generally report hearing adult voices exclusively.
“were more likely to experience hearing both child and adult voices in comparison to individuals with psychotic-spectrum disorders, who generally report hearing adult voices exclusively (Dorahy et al., 2009).”
From A review of the relation between dissociation, memory, executive functioning and social cognition in military members and civilians with neuropsychiatric conditions (2016) · cites this paper as Dorahy et al., 2009
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- Authors
- Dorahy, M. J., Shannon, C., Seagar, L., Corr, M., Stewart, K., Hanna, D., Mulholland, C., & Middleton, W.
- Affiliations
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- Western Health and Social Care Trust (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Dorahy, Martin J.
- Mulholland, Ciaran
- Venue
- Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
- Published
- 2009-12
- Volume
- 197
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 892-898
- ISSN
- 0022-3018 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2061418983
- Cited by
- 135
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 2.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hallucinations in medical conditions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Keywords
- auditory hallucinations, voice hearing, dissociative identity disorder, schizophrenia, child abuse, pathological dissociation, tactile hallucinations, visual hallucinations
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Child, Child Abuse, Female, Hallucinations, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Adult Survivors of Child Abuse, Young Adult
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