The Role of Hearing Voices in Psychiatry

Hearing voices can be normal. It is often associated with various mental health issues. For example, the voice of a recently departed loved one while grieving or abnormal associated with schizophrenia 60 to 90% of the time and depression almost 10%. If you go to a mental health professional and report hearing voices, the most likely diagnosis you'll get is schizophrenia. But there are additional circumstances besides just being in grief where you might hear voices and it wouldn't be a sign of mental illness.