How We Understand Hallucinations (HUSH)

Abstract

IntroductionEvidence suggests that the subjective experience of AVHs cannot be explained by any of the existing cognitive models,[1] highlighting the obvious need to properly investigate the actual, lived experience of AVHs, and derive models/theories that fit the complexity of this.ObjectivesVia phenomenological interviews and ethnographic diary methods, we aim to gain a deeper insight into the experience of AVHs.AimsTo explore the phenomenological quality of AVHs, as they happen/reveal themselves to consciousness, [2] [3] without relying on existing suppositions.MethodsParticipants with First Episode Psychosis were recruited from the Birmingham Early Intervention Service (EIS), BSMHFT. In-..