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Tony David, Ivan Leudar (May 2001): Head to head: Is hearing voices a sign of mental illness, The Psychologist vol 14, no 5, pp 256-259
Martin F. Davies, Murray Griffin and Sue Vice Affective reactions to auditory hallucinations in
psychotic, evangelical and control groups British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 40, 361–370
Objectives. Building on recent work on the similarities and differences in delusional ideation between psychotic and religious populations (Peters, Day, 1999), the experiences of auditory hallucinations in psychotic,evangelical and control groups were examined in this study.
Results. Incidence of auditory hallucinations differed significantly across the three groups with psychotics showing the highest levels and controls the lowest levels. The experiences of the evangelical group were significantly more positive than those of the control group, which in turn were significantly more positive than those of the psychotic group. The most recent experience of hearing voices was rated more positively than the first experience by the psychotic and religious groups but not by the control group. These findings were much stronger for affective reactions to the experiences than for perceptions of the voices.
Conclusion. These results provide only partial support for the findings of Peters et al. (1999) on differences in delusional ideation and possible reasons for this are discussed. The findings for religious and psychotic individuals are discussed further in terms of interpretational and coping mechanisms.
Davis, E., Coupland, K., Edgar, K., & Macdougall, V. (1997, December). A study to investigate the psychological impact of a voice hearer's group.
Paper presented at the London Conference of the British Psychological Society, London.
Davies, Peggy; Thomas, Philip; Leudar, Ivan (1999): Dialogical engagement with voices: A single case study. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 72, 179-187
Del Beccaro, M. A., Burke, P. & McCauley, E. (1988) Hallucinations in children: a follow-up study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27, 462-465
Julie Downs, (Ed), (2001) Starting and Supporting Voices Groups: A Guide to setting up and running support groups for people who hear voices, see visions or experience tactile or other sensations. Hearing Voices Network, Manchester, England
Julie Downs, (Ed), (2001), Coping with Voices And Visions, A guide to helping people who Experience hearing voices, seeing visions, tactile or other Sensations, Hearing Voices Network, Manchester, England
Drury, V., Birchwood, M., & Cochrane, R. (2000). Cognitive therapy and recovery from
acute psychosis: a controlled trial. 3. Five-year follow-up. British Journal of
Psychiatry, 177, 8 - 14.