Attention Training with Auditory Hallucinations: A Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Valmaggia, Lucia R.; Bouman, Theo K.; Schuurman, Laura
Titel	Attention Training with Auditory Hallucinations: A Case Study
Quelle	In: Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 14 (2007) 2, S.127-133 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1077-7229
DOI	10.1016/j.cbpra.2006.01.009
Schlagwörter	Schizophrenia; Therapy; Child Abuse; Case Studies; Attention Control; Males; Cognitive Restructuring; Behavior Modification; Cognitive Processes; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Outcomes of Treatment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schizophrenie; Therapie; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	The case presented in this paper illustrates how Attention Training (ATT; [Wells, A. (1990). "Panic disorder in association with relaxation induced anxiety: An attentional training approach to treatment." "Behavior Therapy," 21, 273-280.]) can be applied in an outpatient setting in the treatment of auditory hallucinations. The 25-year-old male patient presented had a 4-year history of schizophrenia and treatment-refractory auditory hallucinations. He had received cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) before starting ATT. CBT had changed his attribution of the voices, and when he started with ATT the patient no longer held the belief that "voices are dangerous," but his processing configuration was still acting "as if" the voices were a source of threat: He would listen to them, ruminate about them, and was easily distracted by them. Eight sessions of ATT resulted in a reduction of symptoms and in a dramatic change in the perceived control and mastery of the auditory hallucinations. It is concluded that ATT may be a helpful adjunct strategy in the treatment of specific psychotic symptoms. (Contains 1 figure.) (Author).
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