Accepting and Working with Voices: The Maastricht Approach

Psychosis, Trauma and Dissociation: Emerging Perspectives on Severe Psychopathology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 319-332

  Corstens, Dirk ^a   Escher, Sandra ^b   Romme, Marius ^b  

^a RIAGG Maastricht   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

'Maastricht' approach accepting and making sense of voices; Characteristics of the voices; Events at roots of voice hearing experience; Hearing voices and traumatic experiences; Influence of voices on VH's life; Maastricht approach and hearing voices movement; Maastricht hearing voices interview; People hearing voices 'VH' for 'voice hearers'; Treatment plan; Understanding purpose or meaning of voices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889436434     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470699652.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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