Interdisciplinary approaches to the phenomenology of auditory verbal hallucinations

Angela Woods; Nev Jones; Marco Bernini; Felicity Callard; Ben Alderson-Day; Johanna C Badcock; Vaughan Bell; Chris C H Cook; Thomas Csordas; Clara Humpston; Joel Krueger; Frank Larøi; Simon McCarthy-Jones; Peter Moseley; Hilary Powell; Andrea Raballo; David Smailes; Charles Fernyhough

doi:10.1093/schbul/sbu003

Interdisciplinary approaches to the phenomenology of auditory verbal hallucinations

Angela Woods, Nev Jones, Marco Bernini, Felicity Callard, Ben Alderson-Day, Johanna C Badcock, Vaughan Bell, Chris C H Cook, Thomas Csordas, Clara Humpston, Joel Krueger, Frank Larøi, Simon McCarthy-Jones, Peter Moseley, Hilary Powell, Andrea Raballo, David Smailes, Charles Fernyhough

Psychology

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S246-254
Number of pages	9
Journal	Schizophrenia bulletin
Volume	40 Suppl 4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbu003
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2014

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Keywords

Cooperative Behavior
Culture
Hallucinations/ethnology
Humanities
Humans
Models, Psychological
Research
Social Environment
Social Sciences

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Woods, A., Jones, N., Bernini, M., Callard, F., Alderson-Day, B., Badcock, J. C., Bell, V., Cook, C. C. H., Csordas, T., Humpston, C., Krueger, J., Larøi, F., McCarthy-Jones, S., Moseley, P., Powell, H., Raballo, A., Smailes, D., & Fernyhough, C. (2014). Interdisciplinary approaches to the phenomenology of auditory verbal hallucinations. Schizophrenia bulletin, 40 Suppl 4, S246-254. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbu003

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