Auditory Hallucinatory Beliefs in Patients With Schizophrenia: Association of Auditory Hallucinations With Social Interactions, Characteristics and Emotional Behaviors Over 3 Months

Developing nursing clinical data models addressing delusion and hallucination with Meleis transitions theory as the theoretical reference model: A focus group study

“…One of the resources that facilitate a healthy transition is the information acquired through health professionals 11 . Ma et al 24 advocate that mental health and psychiatric professionals should develop intervention programs for clients with auditory hallucination that include promoting clients' knowledge about their voices, teaching them to accept auditory hallucination as a symptom, encouraging them to treat the content of the voices with indifference and developing their coping strategies to deal with this phenomenon.…”

Social interaction skills and depressive symptoms in people diagnosed with schizophrenia: The mediating role of auditory hallucinations

“…In addition, the intensity and content of the auditory hallucinations affect the voice‐hearers’ beliefs. Ma et al () have found voice‐hearers' behavioural and emotional reactions were influenced by their hearing voices. As a result, the voice‐hearers are unable to distinguish between true and false and become increasingly immersed in the auditory hallucinations, which affect their reactions and emotions (Woods et al ).…”

“…High scores indicate better communication and social skills. The ACIS‐C was administered by occupational therapists (Hsu et al ) and psychiatric nurses (Ma et al ) by observing whether the participant’s performance was appropriate during the interview process. The scale has an intra‐class correlation (ICC) of 0.93 and an internal consistency Cronbach’s α of 0.925 (Hsu et al ).…”

“…The evidence suggests that voice‐hearers’ social interaction is influenced by auditory hallucinations and impacts the success of their social interactions (Lavelle et al ). Persistent deficits in social interactions (Gozdzik‐Zelazny et al ) and severity of auditory hallucinations (Ma et al ) can increase the severity of depressive symptoms in people with schizophrenia. In this article, we examine the relationship among social interaction skills, auditory hallucination severity, and the severity of depressive symptoms.…”

“…Serious auditory hallucinations affect the individual’s emotions and cause high stress, possibly leading to depressive symptoms (Janaki et al ) and suicidal ideation (Kelleher et al ). A follow‐up study found that the severity of auditory hallucinations is related to depressive symptoms across three months (Chiang et al ); furthermore, when a person’s auditory hallucinations are reduced, his or her mood improves (Ma et al ).…”