Stanford researcher: Hallucinatory ‘voices’ shaped by local culture
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Stanford anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann found that voice-hearing experiences of people with serious psychotic disorders are shaped by local culture – in the United States, the voices are harsh and threatening; in Africa and India, they are more benign and playful. This may have clinical implications for how to treat people with schizophrenia, she suggests.
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Original Title: TIL that people with schizophrenia in the US hear harsh, violent, and accusatory voices (commands to harm, graphic threats). But in India and Ghana the voices are often kind, advisory, or spiritually positive. Highlighting how culture influences how voices manifests.