Table 5.
Memory and Repetitive Nature of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations
Property (MUPS question #, n) | Response option | % endorsing |
---|---|---|
Memory | ||
Did you believe the voices seemed in some way to be “replays” of memories of previous conversations you’ve had? Or have overheard? (Q18c, 196) | Yes | 39 |
No | 54 | |
Unsure | 7 | |
If yes | ||
How were these “memory replays” related to these previous conversations? (Q18d, 79) | Identical | 23 |
Similar | 71 | |
A mix of both | 6 | |
To what extent do the “memory replays” make up the content of the voices? (Q18e, 83) | Not at all | 7 |
Slightly | 33 | |
Moderately | 46 | |
Completely | 14 | |
Repetitiveness | ||
How repetitive were the voices with regard to | ||
which voice it was? (Q24a, 196) | Never the same | 3 |
Rarely the same | 8 | |
Sometimes the same | 27 | |
Mostly the same | 33 | |
Always the same | 29 | |
The general theme or content of what the voices said (Q24b, 195) | Never the same | 3 |
Rarely the same | 7 | |
Sometimes the same | 18 | |
Mostly the same | 27 | |
Always the same | 45 | |
The general theme of the predominant voice (Q24c, 154) | Never the same | 3 |
Rarely the same | 7 | |
Sometimes the same | 11 | |
Mostly the same | 24 | |
Always the same | 55 | |
If different voices present, do the “new” voices carry the same content/message as the “old” voices? (Q36b, 71) | Yes | 55 |
No | 45 | |
Did the voice(s) use the same words/phrases repeatedly (as if “stuck”)? (Q21b, 194) | Never | 44 |
Rarely | 7 | |
Sometimes | 22 | |
Often | 27 |