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Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Phenomenology of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations

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

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Authors

N. Jones

F. Callard

J. Badcock

V. Bell

T. Csordas

C. Humpston

J. Krueger

F. Larøi

S. McCarthy-Jones

P. Moseley

H. Powell

A. Raballo

D. Smailes



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.

Citation

Woods, A., Jones, N., Bernini, M., Callard, F., Alderson-Day, B., Badcock, J., …Fernyhough, C. (2014). Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Phenomenology of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations. Schizophrenia Bulletin: The Journal of Psychoses and Related Disorders, 40(Suppl 4), S246-S254. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbu003

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 10, 2014
Online Publication Date Jun 7, 2014
Publication Date Jul 1, 2014
Deposit Date Feb 21, 2014
Publicly Available Date Nov 12, 2014
Journal Schizophrenia Bulletin
Print ISSN 0586-7614
Electronic ISSN 1745-1701
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 40
Issue Suppl 4
Pages S246-S254
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbu003
Keywords Auditory verbal hallucinations, Phenomenology, Interdisciplinarity, Research collaboration, Psychosis.

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© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.





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