[Phenomenology, clinical diagnostics and treatment of hallucinations].
Daniela Hubl
Therapeutische Umschau June 2018 DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930/a000962 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Key findings | The authors propose that hallucinations occur on a continuum from physiological to pathological phenomena and are prevalent in the general population, not only in schizophrenia. They argue that schizophrenic hallucinations are closely linked to language and can serve as diagnostic, and that antipsychotics are standard treatment, with rTMS and tDCS increasingly used when hallucinations resist treatment. |
Abstract
Phenomenology, clinical diagnostics and treatment of hallucinations Abstract. Hallucinations are perceptions without any stimulus. They occur typically in schizophrenia, but they can be found in other psychiatric or medical disorders as well. Recently, hallucinations have been increasingly reported to occur with a high prevalence in the general population and they are conceptualised as continuum from a physiological to pathological especially psychotic phenomenon. Schizophrenic hallucinations exhibit a special proximity to language and for this they can be considered as diagnostic. Clinically, physicians should explore detailed the semiology of hallucinations in the diagnostic workup. Neurobiology of acoustic hallucinations involve brain regions which are important for hearing, speaking and understanding. This observation is independent of the underlying aetiology of the hallucinations. Standard treatment of psychotic hallucinations consists of antipsychotic substances. In case of resistance electrical brain stimulation methods are increasingly applied. Especially repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) are used.
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