Dhakne Rajesh S, Ali Tahoora, Yadav Arun Singh, Chaudhury Suprakash, Saldanha Daniel
Department of Psychiatry, Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
Department of Psychiatry, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Dr. D Y Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2021 Oct;30(Suppl 1):S89-S92. doi: 10.4103/0972-6748.328794. Epub 2021 Oct 22.
Auditory verbal hallucinations are not a unitary phenomenon and can be further differentiated into certain clinical characteristics, viz., frequency, intensity, control, tone, distractibility, distress, and clarity. These clinical characteristics manifest in varying degrees in different psychiatric disorders.
To study the characteristics of auditory hallucinations in Indian patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder.
By purposive sampling, 140 patients of schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder each were included in the study. Subjects were assessed cross-sectionally using sociodemographic proforma and characteristics of auditory hallucination scale.
Characteristics of auditory hallucinations of schizophrenia patients were significantly different from those of bipolar affective disorder patients in the domains of frequency, intensity, tone, self-control, clarity, distractibility, and distress.
Characteristics of auditory hallucinations differ in all domains between schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder.
幻听并非单一现象,可进一步细分为某些临床特征,即频率、强度、可控性、语调、易分散性、痛苦程度和清晰度。这些临床特征在不同的精神疾病中表现程度各异。
研究印度精神分裂症患者和双相情感障碍患者的幻听特征。
通过目的抽样法,本研究纳入了140例精神分裂症患者和140例双相情感障碍患者。使用社会人口学调查表和幻听特征量表对受试者进行横断面评估。
精神分裂症患者的幻听特征在频率、强度、语调、自我控制、清晰度、易分散性和痛苦程度等方面与双相情感障碍患者存在显著差异。
精神分裂症和双相情感障碍在幻听的所有方面特征均有所不同。