Towards a definition of “hearing voices”: A phenomenological approach

Psychosis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-73

  Beavan, Vanessa ^a  

^a First Episode Psychosis Team   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Auditory hallucinations; Phenomenology; Psychosis; Voices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023872310     PISSN: 17522439     EISSN: 17522447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17522431003615622     Document Type: Article

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