“…A more recent study by Corstens and Longden (2013) looked not just at trauma in relation to AVH-content, but at a wider range of emotionally overwhelming events covering a range of social and emotional problems. This was done with 100 people who heard voices (80% of who had received a (Anketell et al, 2010;Brewin and Patel, 2010) Present, more common than pleasant voices (Nayani and David, 1996;Corstens and Longden, 2013;McCarthy-Jones et al, 2014) Pleasant voices Present, but less common than negative voices (Anketell et al, 2010;Brewin and Patel, 2010) Present, but less common than negative voices (Nayani and David, 1996;Corstens and Longden, 2013;McCarthy-Jones et al, 2014) Voices issue commands? Yes (Scott et al, 2007;Anketell et al, 2010) Y e s ( Nayani and David, 1996;Corstens and Longden, 2013;McCarthy-Jones et al, 2014) Commands to hurt self Yes (Anketell et al, 2010) Y e s ( Kent and Wahass, 1996) Link to trauma Only 40% linked voices to earlier traumas (Anketell et al, 2010) Some but not all linked to trauma (Hardy et al, 2005;Corstens and Longden, 2013) Location Mostly internally located, but some external and some in both locations (Scott et al, 2007;Anketell et al, 2010) Approximately equal mix between internal, external, and both ( Unclear voices In addition to clear content, may include "garbled voices" (Hamner et al, 2000) In addition to clear content, may include "nonsense voices" (McCarthy-Jones et al, 2014) Experienced as manifestation of own thoughts Present in some (Brewin and Patel, 2010) Present in some (McCarthy-Jones et al, 2014) Gender Voices are mainly male (Brewin and Patel, 2010) Voices are mainly male (Corstens and Longden, 2013;…”