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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-10-28
pubmed:abstractText
The form and the content of chronic auditory hallucinations were compared in three cohorts, namely patients with schizophrenia, patients with a dissociative disorder, and nonpatient voice-hearers. The form of the hallucinatory experiences was not significantly different between the three groups. The subjects in the nonpatient group, unlike those in the patient groups, perceived their voices as predominantly positive: they were not alarmed or upset by their voices and felt in control of the experience. In most patients, the onset of auditory hallucinations was preceded by either a traumatic event or an event that activated the memory of earlier trauma. The significance of this study is that it presents evidence that the form of the hallucinations experienced by both patient and nonpatient groups is similar, irrespective of diagnosis. Differences between groups were predominantly related to the content, emotional quality, and locus of control of the voices. In this study the disability incurred by hearing voices is associated with (the reactivation of) previous trauma and abuse.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-3018
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
186
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
646-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Age of Onset, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Auditory Perception, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Child, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Child Abuse, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Dissociative Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Educational Status, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Emotions, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Hallucinations, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Schizophrenia, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Schizophrenic Psychology, pubmed-meshheading:9788642-Voice
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Auditory hallucinations: a comparison between patients and nonpatients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Academic Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Case Reports