TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - 'We're not all dangerous and crazy'. Negotiating the voice hearing identity: a critical discursive approach
JO  - Journal of health psychology
A1  - Aloneftis, Rebecca
A1  - Challenor, Julianna
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - A critical discursive approach examined how the voice hearing identity is negotiated. Conflicting constructions identified voice hearing not only as distressing but also as a normal experience. The discursive strategies reveal that when individuals who hear voices construct their identity, they must either disavow their own distress to avoid stigma or accept the stigmatising accounts of their identity imposed on them if they are to have their distress recognised. The study points to the value and importance of discursive approaches in uncovering unspoken distress in individuals and society, and towards the need to address identity issues in clinical and social interventions.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105319869807
ID  - ref1
ER  -