First Episode Psychosis Team, St Lukes Community Mental Health Centre, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
J Ment Health. 2011 Jun;20(3):281-92. doi: 10.3109/09638237.2011.562262.
It is increasingly understood that voice-hearing is neither a rare phenomenon experienced only by 'psychiatric patients' nor a meaningless symptom of a 'mental illness'.
To estimate the prevalence of voice-hearing in the adult general population.
PsycINFO and relevant literature reviews were searched for studies of the prevalence of verbal auditory hallucinations among adults.
Seventeen surveys, from nine countries, were identified. Comparisons across studies were problematic due to differences in definitions, methodologies, and cultural factors. Prevalence ranged from 0.6% to 84%, with an interquartile range (excluding the highest and lowest quartiles) of 3.1%-19.5%, and a median of 13.2%.
Differences in prevalence can be attributed in part to differences in definitions and methodologies, but also to true variations based on gender, ethnicity and environmental context. The findings support the current movement away from pathological models of unusual experiences and towards understanding voice-hearing as occurring on a continuum in the general population, and having meaning in relation to the voice-hearer's life experiences.
人们越来越认识到，幻听既不是“精神病人”所独有的罕见现象，也不是“精神疾病”毫无意义的症状。
估计成人普通人群中幻听的患病率。
在 PsycINFO 和相关文献综述中搜索关于成年人言语性幻觉患病率的研究。
确定了来自九个国家的 17 项调查。由于定义、方法和文化因素的差异，研究之间的比较存在问题。患病率范围从 0.6%到 84%，四分位间距（排除最高和最低四分位数）为 3.1%-19.5%，中位数为 13.2%。
患病率的差异部分归因于定义和方法的差异，但也归因于基于性别、种族和环境背景的真实差异。这些发现支持了当前从异常体验的病理模型向将幻听理解为普通人群中连续体的转变，并支持将幻听与幻听者的生活经历相关联的意义。
