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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
David A. E. James*
Affiliation:
Warlingham Park Hospital, Warlingham, Surrey CR3 9YR
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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
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 5 , November 1983 , pp. 515 - 516
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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