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Audiotape Therapy for Persistent Auditory Hallucinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Melvin McInnis  and
Isaac Marks
Melvin McInnis*
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, Denmark Hill, London SE5 6AZ
Isaac Marks
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, DeCrespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
*
∗Center for Medical Genetics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205 USA
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Abstract

We report a case of a man with recurrent depression and persistent second-person auditory hallucinations telling him to kill himself. Using an audiotape cassette and headphones the duration of the hallucinations decreased significantly. Helpfulness of the audiotape continued at 15 months follow-up

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 6 , December 1990 , pp. 913 - 914
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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