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Characteristics of auditory hallucinations in Indian patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder

BACKGROUND: Auditory verbal hallucinations are not a unitary phenomenon and can be further differentiated into certain clinical characteristics, viz., frequency, intensity, control, tone, distractibility, distress, and clarity. These clinical characteristics manifest in varying degrees in different...

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Autores principales: Dhakne, Rajesh S., Ali, Tahoora, Yadav, Arun Singh, Chaudhury, Suprakash, Saldanha, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34908671
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.328794
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author Dhakne, Rajesh S.
Ali, Tahoora
Yadav, Arun Singh
Chaudhury, Suprakash
Saldanha, Daniel
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description BACKGROUND: Auditory verbal hallucinations are not a unitary phenomenon and can be further differentiated into certain clinical characteristics, viz., frequency, intensity, control, tone, distractibility, distress, and clarity. These clinical characteristics manifest in varying degrees in different psychiatric disorders. AIM: To study the characteristics of auditory hallucinations in Indian patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder. MATERIALS AND METHODS: By purposive sampling, 140 patients of schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder each were included in the study. Subjects were assessed cross-sectionally using sociodemographic proforma and characteristics of auditory hallucination scale. RESULTS: Characteristics of auditory hallucinations of schizophrenia patients were significantly different from those of bipolar affective disorder patients in the domains of frequency, intensity, tone, self-control, clarity, distractibility, and distress. CONCLUSION: Characteristics of auditory hallucinations differ in all domains between schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder.
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spelling pubmed-86116072021-12-13 Characteristics of auditory hallucinations in Indian patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder Dhakne, Rajesh S. Ali, Tahoora Yadav, Arun Singh Chaudhury, Suprakash Saldanha, Daniel Ind Psychiatry J Original Article BACKGROUND: Auditory verbal hallucinations are not a unitary phenomenon and can be further differentiated into certain clinical characteristics, viz., frequency, intensity, control, tone, distractibility, distress, and clarity. These clinical characteristics manifest in varying degrees in different psychiatric disorders. AIM: To study the characteristics of auditory hallucinations in Indian patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder. MATERIALS AND METHODS: By purposive sampling, 140 patients of schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder each were included in the study. Subjects were assessed cross-sectionally using sociodemographic proforma and characteristics of auditory hallucination scale. RESULTS: Characteristics of auditory hallucinations of schizophrenia patients were significantly different from those of bipolar affective disorder patients in the domains of frequency, intensity, tone, self-control, clarity, distractibility, and distress. CONCLUSION: Characteristics of auditory hallucinations differ in all domains between schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-10 2021-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8611607/ /pubmed/34908671 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.328794 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Industrial Psychiatry Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Dhakne, Rajesh S.
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Yadav, Arun Singh
Chaudhury, Suprakash
Saldanha, Daniel
Characteristics of auditory hallucinations in Indian patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder
title Characteristics of auditory hallucinations in Indian patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder
title_full Characteristics of auditory hallucinations in Indian patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder
title_fullStr Characteristics of auditory hallucinations in Indian patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder
title_full_unstemmed Characteristics of auditory hallucinations in Indian patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder
title_short Characteristics of auditory hallucinations in Indian patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder
title_sort characteristics of auditory hallucinations in indian patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34908671
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.328794
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