2024
Recent social stress and severity of auditory hallucinations
Farina E, Mourgues-Codern C, Sibarium E, Powers A. Recent social stress and severity of auditory hallucinations. Schizophrenia Research 2024, 269: 64-70. PMID: 38733801, PMCID: PMC11180583, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.04.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHearing voicesVoice-hearersAuditory verbal hallucinationsNon-clinical voice-hearersCross-sectional designSocial stressDepressive symptom severitySelf-reported aspectsPsychosocial interventionsAuditory hallucinationsClinical distressAdverse social experiencesHearingSeverity of auditory hallucinationsAdministered self-report measuresRecent stressMedication-resistant auditory verbal hallucinationsDistressRelational demographicsDaily social stressRegression modelsSocial stressorsSymptom severityAuditory experienceHallucination severity
2022
Measuring Voluntary Control Over Hallucinations: The Yale Control Over Perceptual Experiences (COPE) Scales
Mourgues C, Hammer A, Fisher V, Kafadar E, Quagan B, Bien C, Jaeger H, Thomas R, Sibarium E, Negreira AM, Sarisik E, Polisetty V, Eken H, Imtiaz A, Niles H, Sheldon AD, Powers AR. Measuring Voluntary Control Over Hallucinations: The Yale Control Over Perceptual Experiences (COPE) Scales. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2022, 48: 673-683. PMID: 35089361, PMCID: PMC9077437, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbab144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAuditory verbal hallucinationsPositive clinical outcomesClinical outcomesPilot studyQuality of lifeConvergent validityFrequent auditory verbal hallucinationsExperiences ScaleClinical measuresConventional treatmentNovel interventionsSymptom severitySignificant distressClinical scalesComprehensive batteryPsychosis-spectrum diagnosisVerbal hallucinationsSound psychometric propertiesAVH contentVoluntary controlPsychometric propertiesHallucinationsControl ScaleValidation studyIntervention