Thesis
The Relevance of Voice Content for Understanding Voice Hearing: A Literature Review and Assessment of Voice Content for Voice Hearers: Psychometric Evaluation of the Perth Voice Content Questionnaire (PVCQ)
Honours, Murdoch University
2023
Abstract
Hearing voices without the presence of an external stimulus is a phenomenon common to an estimated 7% of the general population (Kråkvik et al., 2015). Many voice-hearers can function normally, experience no interruption to daily living, and so never need clinical intervention (Daalman et al., 2011; Kråkvik et al., 2015); however, for some, the voices lead to extensive distress and dysfunction requiring support (Rosen et al., 2018). The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) refers to voices as auditory hallucinations and are considered common to schizophrenia and related disorders. Increasingly, there is evidence that voices are transdiagnostic, featuring in diagnoses such as post-traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders, and substance use disorders (Waters et al., 2018)…
Details
- Title
- The Relevance of Voice Content for Understanding Voice Hearing: A Literature Review and Assessment of Voice Content for Voice Hearers: Psychometric Evaluation of the Perth Voice Content Questionnaire (PVCQ)
- Authors/Creators
- Erica L Salt
- Contributors
- Petra Skeffington (Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Murdoch University; Honours
- Identifiers
- 991005779521207891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology
- Resource Type
- Thesis
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