Psychology Articles

Selected Publications
  • Vilhauer, R. P. (2023). Very present and very real: A case study of regularly hearing the voice of the deceased without distress in bereavement. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. 0(0).
  • Vilhauer, R. P. & Sharma, H. (2018). Unsolicited reports of voice hearing in the general population: a study using a novel method. Psychosis, 10(3), 163-174.
  • Vilhauer, R.P. (2017). Characteristics of inner reading voices. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 63 (1): 5-13.doi: 10.1177/0020764016675888
  • Vilhauer, R. P.(2017). Stigma and need for care in individuals who hear voices. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 63(1), 5-13.
  • Smith, J., Vilhauer, R. P. & Chafos, V. (2017) Do military veteran and civilian students function differently in college? Journal of American College Health, 65(1) 76-79.
  • Vilhauer, R. P. (2016). Inner reading voices: an overlooked form of inner speech. Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches, 8(1), 37-47.
  • Vilhauer, R. P. (2015). Depictions of auditory verbal hallucinations in news media. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 61(1), 58-63. doi:10.1177/0020764014535757.
  • Vilhauer, R. P. (2014). Computer-mediated and face-to-face communication in metastatic cancer support groups. Palliative & Supportive Care, 12(4), 287-297. doi:10.1017/S1478951513000126.
  • Petro-Nustas, W., Norton, M., Vilhauer, R.P. and Connelly, A. (2012). Health beliefs associated with breast cancer screening among Arab women in the Northeastern United States. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 50 (6):273-277.
  • Vilhauer, R.P. (2012). Reading Our Lives: The Poetics of Growing Old by Randall, W.A. and McKim, E.A. (2008). New York: Oxford University Press. Journal of Women & Aging, 24 (4):353-354.
  • Vilhauer, R.P. (2011). ‘Them’ and ‘us’: the experiences of women with metastatic disease in mixed-stage versus stage-specific breast cancer support groups. Psychology & Health, 26 (6): 781-797. doi:10.1080/08870446.2010.496853.
  • Vilhauer, R.P. , McClintock, M.K., & Matthews, A. K. (2010). Online support groups for women with metastatic breast cancer: a feasibility pilot study. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 28(5): 560-586.
  • Vilhauer, R. P. (2010). Life-threatening illness and the family. In Craft-Rosenberg, M. (Ed.), Sage Encyclopedia of Family Health. Los Angeles: Sage.
  • Vilhauer, R.P. (2009). Perceived benefits of online support groups for women with metastatic breast cancer. Women & Health, 49(5): 381-404.
  • Vilhauer, R.P. (2008). A qualitative study of the experiences of women with metastatic breast cancer. Palliative and Supportive Care 6(3): 249-258.
  • Vilhauer, R. P. (2008). Bereavement. In Fundukian, L.J. & Wilson, J. (Ed.), Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, (2nd ed.) Gale.
  • Vilhauer, R. P. (2008). Antidepressants. In Fundukian, L.J. & Wilson, J. (Ed.), Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, (2nd ed.) Gale.
  • Vilhauer, R. P. (2008). Neuropsychiatry. In Fundukian, L.J. & Wilson, J. (Ed.), Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, (2nd ed.) Gale.
  • Vilhauer, R. P. (2008). Pick’s Disease. In Fundukian, L.J. & Wilson, J. (Ed.), Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, (2nd ed.) Gale.
  • Vilhauer, R. P. (2008). Anosognosia. In Fundukian, L.J. & Wilson, J. (Ed.), Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, (2nd ed.) Gale.
  • Vilhauer, R. P. (2008). Premenstrual Syndrome. In Fundukian, L.J. & Wilson, J. (Ed.), Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, (2nd ed.) Gale.
  • Vilhauer, R. P. (2008). Ecstasy. In Fundukian, L.J. & Wilson, J. (Ed.), Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, (2nd ed.) Gale.
  • Frey, R. & Vilhauer, R. P. (2008). Alzheimer’s Disease. In Fundukian, L.J. & Wilson, J. (Ed.), Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, (2nd ed.) Gale.