Emerging perspectives from the hearing voices movement: Implications for research and practice

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2014, Pages

  Corstens, Dirk ^a   Longden, Eleanor ^b   McCarthy Jones, Simon ^c,d   Waddingham, Rachel ^e   Thomas, Neil ^f,g  

^a RIAGG Maastricht   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e School of Communication Sciences and Disorders   (United Kingdom)

^f SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^g Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

auditory hallucinations; service user involvement; social psychiatry

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; COOPERATION; EXPERIENCE; GROUP THERAPY; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NARRATIVE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; SURVIVOR; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; VERBAL HALLUCINATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF HELP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEER GROUP; RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 84902587759     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbu007     Document Type: Review

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