The experience of voice hearing and the role of self-help group: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

József Rácz, Zsuzsa Kaló, Szilvia Kassai, Márta Kiss and Judit Nóra Pintér

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2017, vol. 63, issue 4, 307-313

Abstract: Background: Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) played an important role in the psychiatric diagnostics, but in the last few decades the diagnostic-free complex phenomenological understanding of the phenomena of voice hearing became the focus of studies. Materials: Six semi-structured interviews with recovering voice hearers were conducted and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Discussion: The self-help group gives significant help in identification and dealing with the voices; therefore, it serves as turning point in the life story of voice hearers. Conclusion: Applying self-help group in clinical context contributes to better outcomes in treatment of voice hearers.

Keywords: Voice hearing; first-person account; self-help group; interview; qualitative; interpretative phenomenological analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764017700926

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