Recovering from Hallucinations : A Qualitative Study of Coping with Voices Hearing of People with Schizophrenia in Hong Kong

Auditory hallucination is a positive symptom of schizophrenia and has significant impacts on the lives of individuals. People with auditory hallucination require considerable assistance from mental health professionals. Apart from medications, they may apply different lay methods to cope with their...

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Published in:TheScientificWorld 2012-01, Vol.2012 (2012), p.1-8
Main Authors: Ng, Petrus, Chun, Ricky W. K., Tsun, Angela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological - physiology
Adult
Auditory perception
Chinese medicine
Cognitive ability
Coping
Female
Hallucinations
Hallucinations - diagnosis
Hallucinations - ethnology
Hallucinations - psychology
Hearing
Hearing - physiology
Hong Kong - ethnology
Humans
Listening
Male
Medical personnel
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Middle Aged
Music
Nursing
Psychiatric-mental health nursing
Psychopathology
Psychosis
Qualitative research
Recovery of Function - physiology
Rehabilitation
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - diagnosis
Schizophrenia - ethnology
Schizophrenic Psychology
Social research
Systematic review
Young Adult
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Summary:Auditory hallucination is a positive symptom of schizophrenia and has significant impacts on the lives of individuals. People with auditory hallucination require considerable assistance from mental health professionals. Apart from medications, they may apply different lay methods to cope with their voice hearing. Results from qualitative interviews showed that people with schizophrenia in the Chinese sociocultural context of Hong Kong were coping with auditory hallucination in different ways, including (a) changing social contacts, (b) manipulating the voices, and (c) changing perception and meaning towards the voices. Implications for recovery from psychiatric illness of individuals with auditory hallucinations are discussed.
ISSN:2356-6140
1537-744X
1537-744X
DOI:10.1100/2012/232619