"Figuring out how to be normal": Exploring how young people and parents make sense of voice-hearing in the family context.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Making sense of voice-hearing-exploring the purpose, cause, and relationship with voices-is seen as therapeutically valuable for adults, but there is a paucity of research with adolescents. Family intervention is recommended for young people, yet little is known about families' perspectives on, or role in, a child's voice-hearing. This study therefore aimed to explore how both young people and parents had made sense of voice-hearing in the family context.

Method

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven young people who hear voices (six females, one male, age M = 17 years) and six parents of young people who hear voices (five females, one male). Data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Results

The young people struggled

SUBMITTER: Mayer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9303802 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature