Voice phenomenology as a mirror of the past.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-traumatic mechanisms are theorised to contribute to voice-hearing in people with psychosis and a history of trauma. Phenomenological links between trauma and voices support this hypothesis, as they suggest post-traumatic processes contribute to the content of, and relationships with, voices. However, research has included small samples and lacked theory-based comprehensive assessments.

Method

In people with distressing voices (n = 73) who experienced trauma prior to voice-hearing, trauma-voice links were assessed both independently and dependently (descriptions were presented and rated separately and together, respectively) by both participants and researchers. A structured coding frame assessed four types of independent links (i.e. victimisation type, physio

SUBMITTER: van den Berg D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10235665 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature