Hallucinations: New Interventions Supporting People with Distressing Voices and/or Visions

• Main Author: Mark Hayward (auth)
• Other Authors: Flavie Waters (auth), Iris E. Sommer (auth), Simon McCarthy-Jones (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; trauma; Sleep; gender; mindfulness; Music; Hallucinations; self; Psychological Therapy; transcranial direct current stimulation; cognitive behavioural therapy
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Hallucinations can occur across the five sensory modalities (auditory, visual, olfactory, tactile, and gustatory). Whilst they have the potential to be benign or even highly valued, they can often be devastating experiences associated with distress, impaired social and occupational functioning, self...