Multimodal imagery and the “voice” of interpersonal trauma: dissociative-cognitive mechanisms in the dynamics of hallucinations and suicide risk
Neurology Bulletin May 20, 2026 Olga A. Sagalakova, Dmitry V. Truevtsev
BACKGROUND: Despite the established link between interpersonal violence and hallucinatory experiences, the psychological mechanisms that transform traumatic memory into perceptual disturbances remain understudied. Empirical models explaining the transition from intrusions to multimodal hallucinations and their association with suicide risk outside the psychotic spectrum are lacking. AIM: To...