INSTRUMENTS FOR ASSESSMENT OF AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS

The study of individual symptoms of schizophrenia, such as auditory ha llucinations, can contribute to effective treatment strategies. We rev iew existing instruments for the assessment of characteristics and dim ensions of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia and other psychiat ric disorders and describe their psychometric properties and implicati ons for their use in clinical research and practice. In addition, thre e widely used global measurement scales for symptoms of schizophrenia, each of which contain questions that pertain to hallucinations, are i ncluded, Copyright (C) 1998 by W.B. Saunders Company.