Journal of Geriatric Mental Health

Sensory deprivation leading to late onset psychosis

Journal of Geriatric Mental Health December 18, 2017 Swapnajeet Sahoo, Sandeep Grover

Sensory deprivation is understood as diminution or absence of perceptual experiences to the usual external stimuli. Sensory deprivation in elderly is reported to be associated with depression, anxiety, psychosis, dementia, etc. In this report, we present the case of an 84-year- elderly man who developed auditory hallucination and after 1 year of onset of hearing difficulties. He was managed...