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Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Phenomenology of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations

Woods, A., Jones, N., Bernini, M., Callard, F., Alderson-Day, Ben, Badcock, J. C., Bell, V., Cook, C. C. H., Csordas, T., Humpston, C., Krueger, J., Laroi, F., McCarthy-Jones, S., Moseley, P., Powell, H., Raballo, A., Smailes, D. and Fernyhough, C. (2014) Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Phenomenology of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 40 (Suppl). S246-S254. ISSN 0586-7614

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Abstract

Despite the recent proliferation of scientific, clinical, and narrative accounts of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs), the phenomenology of voice hearing remains opaque and undertheorized. In this article, we outline an interdisciplinary approach to understanding hallucinatory experiences which seeks to demonstrate the value of the humanities and social sciences to advancing knowledge in clinical research and practice. We argue that an interdisciplinary approach to the phenomenology of AVH utilizes rigorous and context-appropriate methodologies to analyze a wider range of first-person accounts of AVH at 3 contextual levels: (1) cultural, social, and historical; (2) experiential; and (3) biographical. We go on to show that there are significant potential benefits for voice hearers, clinicians, and researchers. These include (1) informing the development and refinement of subtypes of hallucinations within and across diagnostic categories; (2) "front-loading" research in cognitive neuroscience; and (3) suggesting new possibilities for therapeutic intervention. In conclusion, we argue that an interdisciplinary approach to the phenomenology of AVH can nourish the ethical core of scientific enquiry by challenging its interpretive paradigms, and offer voice hearers richer, potentially more empowering ways to make sense of their experiences.

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Depositing User: David Smailes

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Item ID: 8025
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbu003
ISSN: 0586-7614
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/8025
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbu003

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Date Deposited: 09 Oct 2017 10:30
Last Modified: 09 Oct 2017 14:54

Contributors

Author: A. Woods
Author: N. Jones
Author: M. Bernini
Author: F. Callard
Author: Ben Alderson-Day
Author: J. C. Badcock
Author: V. Bell
Author: C. C. H. Cook
Author: T. Csordas
Author: C. Humpston
Author: J. Krueger
Author: F. Laroi
Author: S. McCarthy-Jones
Author: P. Moseley
Author: H. Powell
Author: A. Raballo
Author: D. Smailes
Author: C. Fernyhough

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Psychology

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