Secondary hallucinations to an organic disease: clinical characteristics and management

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M. Olivé Gadea
Médico Residente, servicio de Neurología en Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron
V. Pérez Rodríguez
Médico Residente, servicio de Psiquiatría en Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron
E. Caronna
Médico Residente, servicio de Neurología en Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron.
A. Rodríguez Urrutia
Médico Adjunto, servicio de Psiquiatría en Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron.

Hallucinations are defined as perceptions in the absence of an external stimulus. Hallucinations are typical symptoms of psychotic disorders, but they can also appear in affective or dissociative disorders, as well as in multiple organic disorders, basically as visual perceptual disturbances. In this review, we will describe the main characteristics of hallucinations related to both neurological and sense organs  disorders, as well as their management.

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Hallucinations, Neurology, Organ-sense disorder, Consultation-liaison psychiatry

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Olivé Gadea, M. et al. “Secondary hallucinations to an organic disease: clinical characteristics and management”. Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, no. 4, doi:10.34810/PsicosomPsiquiatrnum0404.
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