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Distinguishing schizophrenia from the mechanisms underlying hallucinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2005

Steven M. Silverstein  and
William A. Phillips
Steven M. Silverstein*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Center for Cognitive Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL60612http://ccm.psych.uic.edu/Faculty/silverstein.htm
William A. Phillips*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Center for Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, University of Stirling, StirlingFK9 4LA, Scotland, United Kingdomhttp://www.stir.ac.uk/staff/psychology/wap1/
*
ssilverstein@psych.uic.edu
wap1@stir.ac.uk
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Abstract:

This commentary challenges the argument that the diathesis for hallucinations is equivalent to that for schizophrenia. Evidence against this comes from data on the prevalence of hallucinations in schizophrenia, their nonspecificity, and their relationships with moderating variables. We also highlight, however, the manner in which the Behrendt & Young (B&Y) hypothesis extends recent neuroscientific theories of schizophrenia, and its potential treatment applications.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , December 2004 , pp. 805 - 806
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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