Acting on harmful command hallucinations in psychotic disorders: An integrative approach

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 390-398

  Shawyer, Frances ^a,b,e   Mackinnon, Andrew ^c   Farhall, John ^d   Sims, Eliza ^a   Blaney, Simone ^a   Yardley, Priscilla ^a   Daly, Maree ^a   Mullen, Paul ^b   Copolov, David ^a  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DANDENONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory hallucinations; Command hallucinations; Compliance; Schizophrenia; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; COMORBIDITY; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; VIOLENCE;

ACTING OUT; ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DELUSIONS; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 43649089651     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318171093b     Document Type: Article

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