Patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), especially women and those with hearing impairments, frequently experience auditory hallucinations, new research suggests. Investigators assessed 124 ...

It’s thought that around half of all people experience some form of hallucination, be it auditory, visually, through smell or touch. But for those diagnosed with schizophrenia, the odds are much ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Although Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) is considered to be a rare hallucinatory disorder, new research suggests that it may become more common, highlighting the need for clinicians to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Individuals with dementia-related psychosis commonly experience visual hallucinations, auditory hallucinations ...

CLEVELAND — She thought she was losing her mind, but a medical mystery was taking her life. Lauren Wells started the pandemic in one of the most vulnerable places in Ohio: a nursing home near Toledo.

Most common symptoms of dementia-related psychosis reported by patients (n=26) were visual hallucinations (89 percent), auditory hallucinations (54 percent), and distortion of senses (54 percent). Of ...

Psychosis is popularly portrayed as visual hallucinations and paranoid delusions (e.g., "A Beautiful Mind," "Shutter Island"). Psychotic conditions, like schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, actually ...

An international team of researchers has used a "computerized rocket game" to help patients with schizophrenia visualize and reduce the level of activity in a region of the brain associated with ...

Philadelphia, June 30, 2020 - Auditory hallucinations, a phenomenon in which people hear voices or other sounds in the absence of external stimuli, are a feature of schizophrenia and some other ...

People suffering from psychotic episodes often experience both visual and aural hallucinations, due in part to the neurochemical dopamine; antipsychotics block dopamine receptors in the brain. But ...