Voice hearing in a biographical context: A model for formulating the relationship between voices and life history

Psychosis

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224-234

  Longden, Eleanor ^a   Corstens, Dirk ^b   Escher, Sandra ^c   Romme, Marius ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b RIAGG Maastricht   (Netherlands)

^c BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

formulation; hallucinations; hearing voices; psychotherapy; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867209406     PISSN: 17522439     EISSN: 17522447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2011.596566     Document Type: Article

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