Can't You Hear Them?, 9781785922565
Paperback
Voices: madness or meaning? Explore the truth they’re trying to tell.

Can't You Hear Them?

the science and significance of hearing voices

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  • Paperback

    376 pages

  • Release Date

    14 April 2017

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Summary

Can’t You Hear Them?: Understanding the Science and Lived Experience of Auditory Hallucinations

The experience of ‘hearing voices’, once associated with prophetic communications, has fallen low. Today, it is typically portrayed as a harbinger of madness caused by a broken brain, an unbalanced mind, biology gone wild. Yet, an alternative account, predominantly by people who hear voices themselves, argues that it is an understandable response to traumatic life-events. There is an urge…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781785922565
ISBN-10:1785922564
Author:Simon McCarthy-Jones
Publisher:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Imprint:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:376
Release Date:14 April 2017
Weight:540g
Dimensions:228mm x 152mm x 24mm
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Critics Review

An engaging enquiry into the psychology and neuroscience of voice hearing that explores hallucinated voices in all their fascinating forms.

An engaging enquiry into the psychology and neuroscience of voice hearing that explores hallucinated voices in all their fascinating forms. – Vaughan Bell, University College London, UKA remarkable book about voice hearing, which provides an accessible account of the science, but does not lose track of the meaning of the experience. It is compassionate, controversial and compelling! – Chris Cook, Professor of Spirituality, Theology & Health at Durham University, UKWith rigorous science, penetrating analyses, colourful and enjoyable prose, and an astonishing breadth of knowledge - Simon McCarthy-Jones has delivered a book that will undeniably be appreciated by many. – Frank Larøi, University of Bergen, Norway and University of Liège, BelgiumOn finishing this book my initial instinct was to re-read it in order to appreciate its insights for a second time. Can’t You Hear Them? is not only a work of impressive scholarship but a compelling, beautifully-written story of human experience and endeavour. – Dr Eleanor Longden, Psychosis Research Unit, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, UKA brilliant and thoughtful travel into the complex experience of hearing voices. Superbly written, with intelligence, but also a delightful sense of humour, this book will become an indispensable addition to the bookshelves of clinicians, scientists and people who hear voices. – Renaud Jardri, MD, PhD, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Lille, FranceClinicians should recommend this volume to their patients, scientists should recommend it to their students, and voice hearers should recommend it to others in the voice hearing community. I cannot think of a better accolade than to say few would fail to benefit from reading this volume, irrespective of whether the audience is seeking answers to the experiences one is having or seeking guidance on the underlying mechanisms of voice hearing per se. – PsycCRITIQUES * American Psychological Association *This is a little gem of a book, and a must-have for anyone working with, living with, or curious about voices. – Vanessa Beavan * Psychosis *

About The Author

Simon McCarthy-Jones

Simon McCarthy-Jones currently works as an associate professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology at Trinity College, Dublin and has over a decade of research experience regarding the topic of hearing voices.

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