Prevalence of Auditory Pseudohallucinations in Adult Survivors of Physical and Sexual Trauma with Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Year: 2018
Type: preprint
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Auditory Verbal Hallucinations (AVHs) are commonly associated with psychosis but are also reported in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Hearing voices after the experience of stress has been conceptualised as a dissociative experience. Brewin and Patels’s (2010) seminal study reported that hearing voices is relatively common in PTSD, as hearing voices was associated with PTSD in half and two thirds of military veterans and survivors of civilian trauma, respectively. The authors conceptualised these voices as “auditory pseudohallucinations.” To build upon this work, we extended Brewin and Patel’s’ methodology with adult survivors (n=40) of repeated physical and sexual trauma involving a dominant perpetrator with PTSD, and healthy controls (n=39). In contrast to previous findings, only 5% (n=2) of our PTSD sample reported recently hearing a voice that was consistent with a pseudohallucination, with no reports in our control group. Thus, no support was provided for pseudo-hallucinations as a significant symptom in this population.
Source: OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7160470388