A discursive approach to narrative accounts of hearing voices and recovery

Goldsmith, Lucy

doi:10.1080/17522439.2011.590599

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“…Various methods have been used in the past to gain improved access to rich subjective data in psychosis in studies that focus on help-seeking, recovery and the meaning of experience. [14][15][16] When using a phenomenological approach to understand actual symptoms, we have previously used photo-elicitation ethnography in postpsychotic depression, finding this methodology helpful in increasing participants' ability to communicate their experiences. 17 In this study, we aim for a modern description of AVH in psychosis based on a 'naive' exploration of the 'concrete life worlds' of those who experience this symptom.…”

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Auditory verbal hallucinations in first-episode psychosis: a phenomenological investigation

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BackgroundIn dimensional understanding of psychosis, auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) are unitary phenomena present on a continuum from non-clinical voice hearing to severe mental illness. There is mixed evidence for this approach and a relative absence of research into subjective experience of AVH in early psychosis.AimsTo conduct primary research into the nature of subjective experience of AVH in first-episode psychosis.MethodA phenomenological study using diary and photo-elicitation qualitative techniques investigating the subjective experience of AVH in 25 young people with first-episode psychosis.ResultsAVH are characterised by: (a) entity, as though from a living being with complex social interchange; and (b) control, exerting authority with ability to influence. AVH are also received with passivity, often accompanied by sensation in other modalities.ConclusionsA modern detailed phenomenological investigation, without presupposition, gives results that echo known descriptive psychopathology. However, novel findings also emerge that may be features of AVH in psychosis not currently captured with standardised measures.Declaration of interestNone.Copyright and usage© The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

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Auditory verbal hallucinations in first-episode psychosis: a phenomenological investigation

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“…While the focus of this research was not aimed at exploring service users’ satisfaction with mental health services, it illustrated that some participants actively rejected, misunderstood, or experienced an increased sense of hopelessness when an implicit biological framework was used by professionals. This places clinicians in a difficult position of managing a balance between their professional “knowledge” and resisting imposing their interpretation (Goldsmith, 2012), instead being open to frameworks that they may have little knowledge of. The challenge to mental health services is to provide a containing experience while being open to multiple explanations for voice hearing, including those they may be less confident or knowledgeable about, or may themselves not believe to be “true.”…”

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“Opening the curtains”: How do voice hearers make sense of their voices?

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2015

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

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This research illustrates how voice hearers actively searched for meaning in relation to their voices and the challenges they encountered during this process. One clinical implication from this study emphasizes the potential role of psychological formulation in generating a shared understanding of the voices. Future research is warranted to explore voice hearers from a wider range of cultural, religious, and spiritual backgrounds.

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“…Twenty full‐text articles were further assessed for eligibility. Based on the above criteria, 13 of these were excluded (Davies et al ., ; Goldsmith, ; Heriot‐Maitland, Knight, & Peters, ; Jarosinski, ; Jones & Coffey, ; Karlsson, ; Legg & Gilbert, ; Reiff, Castille, Muenzenmaier, & Link, ; Shepherd et al ., ; Strand & Tidefors, ; Suri, ; Taylor & Murray, ; Thomas, Bracken, & Leudar, ;). Four were case studies; five (including one case study) included participants' experiences of both visions and hearing voices; one focused on childhood relationships; one was an internet survey comparing associations between child abuse and the content of psychotic symptoms; one was a discursive analysis of published accounts; one was a secondary analysis which could be argued not to offer a first person perspective about this experience; and one was classed as a topical survey.…”

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