title: The management of drug-resistant, persistent and unpleasant auditory hallucinations.
abstract: This article attempts to give an overview of the main cognitive-behavioral therapeutic approaches in order to reduce persistent, unpleasant and drug-resistant auditory hallucinations. These procedures are based on operant conditioning principles and cognitive self-management techniques. A brief case history is reported to illustrate the therapeutic interventions.
authors.affiliation: Service de Psychiatrie de l'Hôpital Universitaire Brugmann, Bruxelles.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lecompte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011889:Rage; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000628:therapy