When soft voices die: Auditory verbal hallucinations and a four letter word (love)

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 367-383

  McCarthy Jones, Simon ^a,b   Davidson, Larry ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hearing voices; psychosis; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875239917     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2012.674498     Document Type: Article

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