According to the medical profession, auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) have always been considered as a symptom of schizophrenia (Sartorius et al, 1974). There is also a prevalent belief influenced by society and the media, that they are an antecedent to violent offending (Leudar & Thomas, 2000). However, it has begun to be increasingly recognized that many individuals in the general population hear voices without feelings of distress or a psychiatric disorder.
The hallucinations that are heard can either be simple tones (Brasic, 1998) or include complex, fully formed language also known as AVH. These different forms of hallucinations vary based on the intensity and subject of the experience. Depending on the individual’s psychopathology, the ability to identify between hallucinations and physically present voices will vary. For example, people that are diagnosed with schizophrenia suffer negatively from source monitoring and commonly attribute …show more content…
Research (Lezenweger, 2010) found that there are many negative schizotypy traits linked with schizophrenia. Lezenweger (2010) defines schizotypy as an underlying personality construct, rather than a set of explicit behaviours, which may indicate a hidden risk of future development of …show more content…
Schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) have similar symptoms to schizophrenia, but are instead labelled as a border line state in the DSM-III (APA, 1980) as SPD is not severe enough to meet the criteria of being diagnosed as schizophrenic. Schizophrenic individuals, even in recovery, acquire high scores on schizotypy tests. However, non-clinical subjects can also acquire high scores, but do not necessarily present schizophrenic symptoms (Claridge & Beech,
The hallucinations that are heard can either be simple tones (Brasic, 1998) or include complex, fully formed language also known as AVH. These different forms of hallucinations vary based on the intensity and subject of the experience. Depending on the individual’s psychopathology, the ability to identify between hallucinations and physically present voices will vary. For example, people that are diagnosed with schizophrenia suffer negatively from source monitoring and commonly attribute …show more content…
Research (Lezenweger, 2010) found that there are many negative schizotypy traits linked with schizophrenia. Lezenweger (2010) defines schizotypy as an underlying personality construct, rather than a set of explicit behaviours, which may indicate a hidden risk of future development of …show more content…
Schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) have similar symptoms to schizophrenia, but are instead labelled as a border line state in the DSM-III (APA, 1980) as SPD is not severe enough to meet the criteria of being diagnosed as schizophrenic. Schizophrenic individuals, even in recovery, acquire high scores on schizotypy tests. However, non-clinical subjects can also acquire high scores, but do not necessarily present schizophrenic symptoms (Claridge & Beech,