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The Experimental Treatment of Two Cases of Auditory Hallucinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

David A. E. James*
Affiliation:
Warlingham Park Hospital, Warlingham, Surrey CR3 9YR

Summary

Two cases are described where auditory hallucinations persisted, in spite of medication, in two schizophrenic patients, one with acute onset and one with a severe chronic illness. The hallucinations were treated successfully by methods derived from Green's theory that auditory hallucinations are represented in the non-dominant hemisphere.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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