Research about alternative perspectives
Voice hearing in history and religion (click here for full text)
The experience of hearing voices unheard by others is probably as old as mankind and well known to the ancient Greeks, we also know it was commonly experienced in Egyptian and early Christian cultures, indeed until the eighteenth century the experience was regarded as divine rather than being considered a health issue.
Recovery from a Maori Perspective:
"Four Maori Korero about their Experience of Mental Illness"
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As Adrienne points out in the online forum, this article includes some of the Maori spiritual aspects that they found important in their healing, such as acknowledging their experiences as part of maori concepts and viewing psychoses as an event that needed to be worked through rather than medicated for.
Affective reactions to auditory hallucinations in psychotic, evangelical and control groups (click here for full text)
The experiences of "auditory hallucinations" in psychotic, evangelical and control groups were examined in this study.