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AP41532 #|General Psychology Happy Voices

 A study was conducted using 20 people diagnosed with schizophrenia from three different parts of the world. 20 from San Mateo California, 20 from Accra Ghana and 20 from Chennai India. #|Tanya Luhrmann and her colleagues questioned the participants about the voices they heard. The study found that the two groups from India and Ghana heard friendlier voices. The group from California called their condition a brain disease. The voices usually told them to hurt themselves or someone else. The group from Accra Ghana thought of their voices as coming from God and where for the most part friendly, Whereas the group from Chennai India thought of their voices coming from friends or relatives and were usually scolding them or giving advice. The researchers believe this is because of the western cultures emphasising individuality and independence, whereas Asian and African cultures emphasise how each person's mind is interwoven with everyone else. The researchers want to replicate the study with a larger group and with better #|matched illness severity. What would this find? If the voices heard are from the culture the person was raised in, then researchers believe treatment can be changed or modified for a better outcome.

Luhrmann, T., Padmavati, R., Tharoor, H., & Osei, A. (2014). Differences in voice-hearing experiences of people with #|psychosis in the USA, India and Ghana: interview-based study The British Journal of Psychiatry DOI

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