Auditory hallucinations, defined as the perception of sounds or voices without external stimuli, are a core symptom in many psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia. Recent developments have ...

Interventions for auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia should be coordinated with patients to fit their needs. Auditory hallucinations, or “hearing voices,” is one of the most prevalent symptoms ...

Hallucinations are when you sense things that aren’t really there. The five main types are auditory, visual, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile hallucinations. Each type affects your senses in ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

A groundbreaking study out of New York University Shanghai has made strides in understanding why some individuals with schizophrenia experience auditory hallucinations, commonly known as hearing ...

I have experienced hallucinations several times in my life. When my kids were babies, I would hear crying in the night even when they weren’t. Just the other night while lying in bed, I saw a huge ...

Brain mapping reveals the circuitry involved in distinguishing self-generated sounds from external noises, advancing our understanding of human speech and auditory hallucinations. Have you ever ...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is both safe and effective for treating nonexistent spoken voices heard by patients with schizophrenia, new research showed. In a randomized, sham ...

A novel digital treatment designed to reduce the frequency of auditory hallucinations and associated distress in patients with psychosis has been shown to be safe and effective, results from the ...