Symptoms considered more consistent with ‘typical’ or non-malingered auditory hallucinations include:
Auditory verbal hallucinations (AH) have been argued to be the psychotic symptom most commonly malingered by criminal defendants, and are often described by malingering patients presenting to the emergency room. In a review of the literature, McCarthy-Jones and Resnick tabulated phenomenological properties of hallucinations that may be used to assist the determination of their veracity.
Typical AH are acoustically clear – ‘mumbling’ voices common, but rare to find alone. They are described as being like hearing someone else speak; the accent differs from the individual's own voice. The other characteristics better describe atypical, possibly malingered, AH.
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