BACKGROUND Auditory hallucinations (eg, hearing voices) are relatively common and underreported false sensory experiences that may produce distress and impairment. A large proportion of those who experience auditory hallucinations go unidentified and untreated. Traditional engagement methods oftentimes fall short in reaching the diverse population of people who experience auditory hallucination...

Objective: The purpose of the article is to provide an overview literature concerning role attachment relation in pathogenesis auditory hallucinations. holistically integrates knowledge about with cognitive and biological factors. Materials method: was compiled using following databases: EBSCO, PsycINFO, PubMed, Google Scholar. databases were searched keywords: „secure”, „disorganized”, „epigen...

69-year-old man presented to his doctor with complaints of visual hallucinations that first occurred 6 months before presentation. He reported having hallucinations most evenings. He saw the faces of people, odd shapes, animals and a spider, which he had tried to kill. He also reported seeing people that he knew sitting in the armchair next to his night table. The patient had no history of mood...

Olfactory hallucinations (OHs), so it has been argued, are prognostic of a poorer outcome, are unpleasant, and cannot be well explained within current theoretical accounts of hallucinations. We examined these and related issues by conducting structured interviews with 51 participants who experienced OHs and who were previously diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. We found n...

BACKGROUND Hearing voices occurs in middle childhood, but little is known about prevalence, aetiology and immediate consequences. AIMS To investigate prevalence, developmental risk factors and behavioural correlates of auditory vocal hallucinations in 7- and 8-year-olds. METHOD Auditory vocal hallucinations were assessed with the Auditory Vocal Hallucination Rating Scale in 3870 children. P...

BACKGROUND Charles Bonnet syndrome is characterized by complex, formed visual hallucinations that occur in patients without psychiatric disorders. To the best of our knowledge, it has not been described following central retinal artery occlusion. OBJECTIVE To describe 2 patients who experienced formed visual hallucinations characteristic of Charles Bonnet syndrome after sudden, severe visual ...

The left superior temporal cortex, which supports linguistic functions, has consistently been reported to activate during auditory-verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia patients. It has been suggested that auditory hallucinations and the processing of normal external speech compete for common neurophysiological resources. We tested the hypothesis of a negative relationship between the clinical...

Visual hallucinations are a common, distressing, and disabling symptom of Lewy body and other diseases. Current models suggest that interactions in internal cognitive processes generate hallucinations. However, these neglect external factors. Pareidolic illusions are an experimental analogue of hallucinations. They are easily induced in Lewy body disease, have similar content to spontaneous hal...

Command hallucinations represent a special problem for the clinical management of psychosis. While compliance with both non-harmful and harmful commands can be problematic, sometimes in the extreme, active efforts to resist commands may also contribute to their malignancy. Previous research suggests Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) to be a useful treatment for reducing compliance with harmful ...

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) can produce a variety of visual symptoms. Among these, hallucinations are rare and usually accompanied by loss. We encountered 79-year-old female with GCA who presented without Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) the head revealed stroke in right frontal lobe, probably caused GCA, resulting hallucinations. Visual not well recognized clinicians as presentation GCA. Howeve...