Frontiers in Psychiatry
February 25, 2026
Rosemarij J. B. van Veen, Jan Dirk Blom, Emma H. C. van Rooijen et al.
1 citation
Introduction: Sexual hallucinations have lifetime prevalence rates of 0.4% in the general population and up to 44% in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. For borderline personality disorder (BPD) these rates are unknown. We therefore studied prevalence rates of sexual hallucinations and delusions in this group, as well as their phenomenological characteristics and their connection with childhood...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
2018
Christina W. Slotema, Jan Dirk Blom, Marieke B A Niemantsverdriet et al.
Background: Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) are experienced more frequently by patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) than previously assumed. However, consensus is lacking on how to treat them. Objective: To provide a systematic review of studies reporting on AVH in patients with BPD, with a focus on the efficacy of treatment of psychotic symptoms. Methods: For this review a...
Psychological Medicine
September 2012
Christina W. Slotema, Kirstin Daalman, J D Blom et al.
Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are frequently claimed to be brief, less severe and qualitatively different from those in schizophrenia, hence the term 'pseudohallucinations'. AVH in BPD may be more similar to those experienced by healthy individuals, who experience AVH in a lower frequency and with a more positive content than AVH in...
Harvard Review of Psychiatry
Jan Dirk Blom, Rosemarij J. B. van Veen, Emma H. C. van Rooijen et al.
Sexual hallucinations are little known, yet often extremely burdening, phenomena. In this systematic review, we summarize what is known about their phenomenology, prevalence, etiopathology, ensuing distress, and treatment options. Sexual hallucinations can be experienced as genital or orgasmic sensations, although other sensory modalities can also be involved. With the notable exception of...