Visual experiences such as hallucinations are commonly reported by people with psychosis, psychological trauma and dissociative states, although questions remain about their similarities and differences. For diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, clinical research must better delineate and compare the characteristics of these experiences in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and in...
Background: Research has supported a model of dissociation mediating the experience of hearing voices in traumatised individuals. Aims: To further understand this model by examining subtypes of the dissociative experience involved in trauma-intrusive hallucinations. Method: The study involved four hospitals, 11 psychiatrists and 69 participants assessed using the Psychotic Symptoms Rating...
This paper firstly explores the historical concept of pseudohallucinations and their phenomenology. It then examines the experience of hallucinosis in two subject groups, one with post-traumatic stress disorder with dissociative symptoms and the second with schizophrenia. The two groups were assessed using the Psychotic Symptoms Rating Scale with a view to identifying differences in the...