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Should we expand the toolbox of psychiatric treatment methods to include Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)? A meta-analysis of the efficacy of rTMS in psychiatric disorders.

TLDR
It is time to provide rTMS as a clinical treatment method for depression, for auditory verbal hallucinations, and possibly for negative symptoms, as well as for electroconvulsive treatment for depression.
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The same or different? A phenomenological comparison of auditory verbal hallucinations in healthy and psychotic individuals.

TLDR
In this sample, the negative emotional valence of the content of AVHs could accurately predict the presence of a psychotic disorder in 88% of the participants, implying that inquiring after the emotional content ofAVHs may be a crucial step in the diagnosis of psychotic disorders in individuals hearing voices.
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Incidence of psychotic disorders in immigrant groups to The Netherlands.

  • J. SeltenN. Veen R. Kahn
  • Medicine, Psychology
    The British journal of psychiatry : the journal…
  • 1 April 2001
TLDR
It is indicated that the incidence of schizophrenia is increased in several, but not all, immigrant groups to The Netherlands and it is possible that factors associated with a process of rapid westernisation precipitate schizophrenia in people who are genetically at risk.
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Incidence of schizophrenia among ethnic minorities in the Netherlands: A four-year first-contact study

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The characteristic features of auditory verbal hallucinations in clinical and nonclinical groups: state-of-the-art overview and future directions.

TLDR
Some of the most prominent descriptive features of AVHs in schizophrenia (SZ) are looked at and these are examined in clinical conditions including substance abuse, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, dementia, late-onset SZ, mood disorders, borderline personality disorder, hearing impairment, and dissociative disorders.
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Auditory verbal hallucinations predominantly activate the right inferior frontal area.

TLDR
Cerebral activation was measured using fMRI in 24 psychotic patients while they experienced AVH in the scanner and, in another session, while they silently generated words.
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Auditory verbal hallucinations in patients with borderline personality disorder are similar to those in schizophrenia

TLDR
AVH in BPD patients are phenomenologically similar to those in schizophrenia, and different from those in healthy individuals, so as to prevent trivialization and to promote adequate diagnosis and treatment.
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Visual Hallucinations in the Psychosis Spectrum and Comparative Information From Neurodegenerative Disorders and Eye Disease

TLDR
Current knowledge regarding VHs in the psychosis phenotype is brought together and contrast this data with the literature drawn from neurodegenerative disorders and eye disease to suggest that comparative studies may have potentially important clinical and theoretical implications.
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Can Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Really Relieve Medication-Resistant Auditory Verbal Hallucinations? Negative Results from a Large Randomized Controlled Trial

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Review of the Efficacy of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Auditory Verbal Hallucinations

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