Experiences such as sensing a presence, feeling as if insects were crawling under the skin and related phenomena have been described in psychiatric, neurological, and toxicological contexts. However, they also occur frequently in the general population. Previous research suggests that stable physiological traits may predispose individuals to complex bodily hallucinations. The present...
Complex bodily hallucinations are not rare in psychiatric, neurological and toxicological conditions and may also be reported even in the total absence of any medical condition. Despite this, they are usually not clinically assessed independently from (and in comparison to) hallucinations in other modalities. The objective of this study was to develop a short scale assessing complex bodily...