Voice Hearing in Borderline Personality Disorder Across Perceptual, Subjective, and Neural Dimensions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) commonly occur in the context of borderline personality disorder (BPD) yet remain poorly understood. AVH are often perceived by patients with BPD as originating from inside the head and hence viewed clinically as "pseudohallucinations," but they nevertheless have a detrimental impact on well-being.

Methods

The current study characterized perceptual, subjective, and neural expressions of AVH by using an auditory detection task, experience sampling and questionnaires, and functional neuroimaging, respectively.

Results

Perceptually, reported AVH correlated with a bias for reporting the presence of a voice in white noise. Subjectively, questionnaire measures indicated that AVH were significantly distressing and persecutory.

SUBMITTER: Strawson WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9154289 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature