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Neuroimaging studies of auditory verbal hallucinations

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Search for the Causes of Schizophrenia

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Abstract

Auditory hallucinations are a central feature of schizophrenia and a source of distress and disability for many patients. Although often responsive to treatment, in about a third of patients they are resistant to treatment or only partially improve (Shergill et al. 1999). In patients with schizophrenia auditory hallucinations of speech (auditory verbal hallucinations) are the most common type, and these usually involve derogatory phrases addressed to the patient in the second person (Junginger and Frame 1985).

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  1. Institute of Psychiatry, London, SE5 8AF, UK

    Philip McGuire

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  1. Department and Institute of Psychiatry - Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 3671, 05403-010, São Paulo - SP, Brazil

    Wagner F. Gattaz M.D. (Full Professor of Psychiatry & Director of the Laboratory of Neuroscience) (Full Professor of Psychiatry & Director of the Laboratory of Neuroscience)

  2. University of Heidelberg, 122120, 68072, Mannheim, Germany

    Heinz Häfner (Prof.em.of Psychiatry, Director em., Head) (Prof.em.of Psychiatry, Director em., Head)

  3. Central Institute of Mental Health, 122120, 68072, Mannheim, Germany

    Heinz Häfner (Prof.em.of Psychiatry, Director em., Head) (Prof.em.of Psychiatry, Director em., Head)

  4. Schizophrenia Research Unit, 122120, 68072, Mannheim, Germany

    Heinz Häfner (Prof.em.of Psychiatry, Director em., Head) (Prof.em.of Psychiatry, Director em., Head)

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McGuire, P. (2004). Neuroimaging studies of auditory verbal hallucinations. In: Gattaz, W.F., Häfner, H. (eds) Search for the Causes of Schizophrenia. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7985-1953-4_13

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