Lived experiences of auditory verbal hallucinations in a Northern Tanzania mental health clinic and implications for intervention adaptation
Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health 2026 Neely Myers, T Shimizu, Mesganaw A. Mihiret
Abstract Hearing distressing voices is a strong signal of potential mental health concerns and can lead to negative outcomes. Evidence-based practices to address distressing voice-hearing developed in western clinical settings may not be appropriate in sub-Saharan Africa. This study recruited patients who reported hearing voices at an outpatient clinic in semi-urban Arusha, Tanzania....