Bethany O'Brien-Venus

Self-dehumanisation in voice hearers: the end of a continuum.

Frontiers in Psychiatry 2023 Bethany O'Brien-Venus, Tom A. Jenkins, Paul Chadwick

Meta-dehumanisation and self-dehumanisation have been identified as potentially relevant phenomena for developing a deeper understanding of distress related to voice-hearing, particularly those experiencing voices as part of psychosis. Chadwick has previously argued that those with psychosis, including those who hear distressing voices, typically feel "dehumanised and set apart by their...