Are auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia just “voices” or something different?: Clinical, empirical and phenomenological perspectives
European Psychiatry October 23, 2023 A. U. Parnas
Introduction Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) form a central symptom in the current diagnosis of schizophrenia in the DSM-5 and ICD-10. In both internatinal classifications, hallucinations are considered an erroneous perception without external stimulation. AVH are often viewed as a well-defined entity in itself with certain quasi objective properties. They seem not to arise from nothing...