Command Hallucinations: Who Obeys and Who Resists When?

@article{Erkwoh2002CommandHW,
  title={Command Hallucinations: Who Obeys and Who Resists When?},
  author={Ralf Erkwoh and Klaus Willmes and A. Eming-Erdmann and Hanns J{\"u}rgen Kunert},
  journal={Psychopathology},
  year={2002},
  volume={35},
  pages={272 - 279}
}
The impact of auditory command hallucinations on the behaviour of schizophrenic patients sometimes appears to be unpredictable. In order to tackle this problem, the psychopathological characteristics of command hallucinations in 31 schizophrenic patients were assessed using a 24-item questionnaire. Using binary data and relative risk analysis methods, predictors were determined for obeying or resisting command hallucinations. Characteristics of voices and the attitude toward the voices appear… 
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