Exploring the experience of hearing voices: A qualitative study

Psychosis

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-143

  Fenekou, Vasiliki ^a   Georgaca, Eugenie ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Auditory hallucinations; Grounded theory; Hearing voices; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983391382     PISSN: 17522439     EISSN: 17522447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17522430903191783     Document Type: Article

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