Table 2.

Participants AVH(s) Characteristics.

Pseudonyms	Range of number of AVHs	Brief Voice Description
Adam	3-Uncountable	AVH onset - 24. Ego-dystonic. Male and female. Adult and child. Predominantly negative content. Converses with voices.
Aimee	1–3	AVH onset - 22. Ego-dystonic. Male and female. Adult and child. Positive and negative content. Converses with voices.
April	1–6	AVH onset - 20. Ego-syntonic and ego-dystonic. Male and female. Adult and child. Predominantly negative. Does not converse with voices.
Christopher	1–8	AVH onset - 6. Ego-syntonic and ego-dystonic. Male and female. Adult and child. Positive and negative content. Converses with voices.
Doris	4–5	AVH onset - 34. Ego-syntonic and ego-dystonic. Male and female. Adult and child. Positive and negative content. Converses with voices.
Gwen	2	AVH onset - 40. Ego-syntonic. Male. Adult and child. Positive and negative content. Converses with voices.
Harvey	1–5	AVH onset - 15. Ego-syntonic. Male and female. Adult. Voices are positive and negative. Converses with voices.
Lisa	1–5	AVH onset - 17. Ego-syntonic and ego-dystonic. Male and female. Adult and child. Positive and negative content. Converses with voices.
Morris	5–9	AVH onset - 22. Ego-syntonic and ego-dystonic. Male and female. Adult and child. Positive and negative content. Converses with voices.
Nancy	1–12	AVH onset - 12. Ego-syntonic and ego-dystonic. Male and female. Adult and child. Positive and negative content. Converses with voices.
Peggy	1–6	AVH onset - 22. Ego-syntonic and ego-dystonic. Male and female. Adult and child. Predominantly negative. Converses with voices.
Tammy	1–8	AVH onset - 9. Ego-syntonic. Male and female. Adult and child. Positive and negative content. Converses with voices.
Tarek	1	AVH onset - 32. Ego-syntonic. Adult. Male. Predominantly negative. Converses with voices.
Victor	2–6	AVH onset - 12. Ego-syntonic and ego-dystonic. Male and female. Adult and child. Positive and negative content. Converses with voices.