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Self-Management of Unpleasant Auditory Hallucinations: A Tested Practice Model
APNA 25th Annual Conference, J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv, October 19, 2011. (2013)
  • Robin Buccheri, University of San Francisco
  • L Trygstad
  • M Buffum
  • P Birmingham
  • G Dowling
Abstract

Individuals who experience auditory hallucinations (AH) frequently report hearing unpleasant voices saying disturbing things to them, making derogatory remarks about them, or commanding them to do something, including harming themselves or someone else. The Self-Management of Unpleasant Auditory Hallucinations Practice Model was developed to help psychiatric-mental health nurses in both inpatient and outpatient settings implement evidence-based nursing care for voice hearers who are distressed by unpleasant voices. The model's utility extends to nursing education, administration, and research. The model is comprised of three parts: (a) Assessment of Voice Hearer's Experience, (b) Nursing Interventions, and (c) Voice Hearer's Expected Positive Outcomes. These three parts of the model describe nursing assessments conducted with an interview guide and two self-report tools, nursing interventions that teach strategies to manage unpleasant AH in a 10-session course or individually, and evaluation of voice hearer outcomes with two self-report tools.

Publication Date
January 1, 2013
Publisher Statement

This article is the post-print version. For definitive publisher's version go to: http://www.healio.com/psychiatry/journals/jpn

Citation Information
Buccheri R., Trygstad L., Buffum M., Birmingham P., Dowling G.(2013). Self-Management of Unpleasant Auditory Hallucinations: A Tested Practice Model. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 51(11) 26-34. doi: 10.3928/02793695-20130731-02