The Relationship between Auditory Hallucinations and Spontaneous Fluctuations of Skin Conductance in Schizophrenia

Cooklin, R. S.; Sturgeon, David; Leff, Julian

doi:10.1192/bjp.142.1.47

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“…Recent research has demonstrated orderly relationships between hallucinations and stress-induced arousal (e.g. Cooklin, Sturgeon & Leff, 1983), environmental stimulation (e.g. Margo, Hemsley & Slade, 1981 ;Slade, 1974), and various cognitive variables (e.g.…”

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Abandoning the concept of ‘schizophrenia‘: Some implications of validity arguments for psychological research into psychotic phenomena

Bentall

Jackson

Pilgrim

1988

British J Clinic Psychol

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After more than 90 years of research in which the presence or absence of a diagnosis of schizophrenia has been used as an independent variable, little of certainty has been found out about the aetiology of the hypothesized schizophrenia disease process. One possible reason for this lack of progress is that schizophrenia is not a valid object of scientific inquiry. Data from published research (mainly carried out by distinguished psychiatrists) are reviewed casting doubt on: (i) the reliability, (ii) the construct validity, (iii) the predictive validity, and (iv) the aetiological specificity of the schizophrenia diagnosis. It is argued that continued research into the aetiology of schizophrenia is likely to prove fruitless and that psychologists should adopt alternative methods of studying psychosis. Two alternative strategies--the development of empirical methods of psychiatric classification and the study of individual symptoms--are discussed.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Abandoning the concept of ‘schizophrenia‘: Some implications of validity arguments for psychological research into psychotic phenomena

Bentall

Jackson

Pilgrim

1988

British J Clinic Psychol

221

117

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“…There is an association between stress experienced and frequency of intrusive thoughts (Horowitz, 1975) and it has been found that stress and arousal are associated with an increase in auditory hallucinations (Slade, 1972;Cooklin, Sturgeon and Leff, 1983).…”

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Intrusive Thoughts and Auditory Hallucinations: A Cognitive Approach

Morrison

Haddock

Tarrier

1995

Behav. Cogn. Psychother.

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In this paper, an account of auditory hallucinations is outlined, incorporating the phenomena of intrusive thoughts; this is done with reference to the prevailing cognitive models of auditory hallucinations. The account proposes that metacognitive beliefs inconsistent with intrusive thoughts lead to their external attribution as auditory hallucinations, and that such a misattribution is maintained by reducing cognitive dissonance. It is also suggested that the appraisal of the resulting hallucinatory experience elicits behavioural, emotional and physiological responses that may be involved in the maintenance process. The possibility of extending such an account to certain other positive symptoms is discussed, and the theoretical and clinical implications of such an account are considered, and illustrated with a case example. Finally, a number of testable predictions are made. IntroductionThere has been a long tradition within clinical psychology of using theories of normal psychological processes to inform our understanding of clinical phenomena. This paper will attempt to outline a potentially useful, but speculative, account of certain positive symptoms of schizophrenia incorporating the phenomena of intrusive mental experiences. This will be done with reference to existing cognitive models of positive symptoms, and will initially focus on explaining auditory hallucinations, although other symptoms (thought insertion, visual hallucinations and delusions of control) will be considered briefly. The symptoms of schizophreniaSchizophrenia has received much attention from researchers over the last century, but the aetiology of this syndrome is still unknown. Recent Acknowledgements: The authors are grateful to Dr Adrian Wells for his helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper.Reprint requests to Tony Morrison,

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“…The role of anxiety, and therefore, arousal in the presence of psychotic symptoms is starting to be more generally recognized. Morrison (1998) looks at the role of arousal, triggered by negative attribution, in maintaining symptoms, and cites Allen and Argus, (1968) and Cooklin et al (1983) as studies linking psychophysiological arousal with onset of hallucinatory episodes. Tarrier and Turpin (1992) describe the role of arousal in relapse using psychophysiological data.…”

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Introducing further developments towards an ICS formulation of psychosis: a comment on Gumley et al. (1999) An interacting cognitive subsystems model of relapse and the course of psychosis

Clarke

2002

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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The Relationship between Auditory Hallucinations and Spontaneous Fluctuations of Skin Conductance in Schizophrenia

Cited by 39 publications

References 8 publications

Abandoning the concept of ‘schizophrenia‘: Some implications of validity arguments for psychological research into psychotic phenomena

Abandoning the concept of ‘schizophrenia‘: Some implications of validity arguments for psychological research into psychotic phenomena

Intrusive Thoughts and Auditory Hallucinations: A Cognitive Approach

Introducing further developments towards an ICS formulation of psychosis: a comment on Gumley et al. (1999) An interacting cognitive subsystems model of relapse and the course of psychosis

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