Training switching focus with a mobile-application by a patient suffering from AVH, a case report
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2018-02
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Visser, Lucy
Sinkeviciute, Igne
Sommer, I. E.
Bless, Josef J.
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Abstract
Auditory verbal hallucinations complicate many psychiatric disorders. Antipsychotic medication is effective in the majority, but a significant minority experiences high burden from resistant hallucinations. Here, we aim to improve executive control, in an attempt to decrease burden from hallucinations. We describe the use of a cognitive trainings app by a young woman with highly resistant hallucinations. With modest training, a significant decrease in the duration of hallucinations was reached. Possibilities of this training technique are discussed.
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Cognition, Dichotic listening, Executive control, Hallucinations, Mobile application, Taverne, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), General Psychology
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Visser, L, Sinkeviciute, I, Sommer, I E & Bless, J J 2018, 'Training switching focus with a mobile-application by a patient suffering from AVH, a case report', Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 59-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12415