Sexual Hallucinations in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Their Relation With Childhood Trauma.

ABSTRACT: Background: Sexual hallucinations are probably the most neglected types of hallucination, even in psychiatric settings. They are often multimodal in nature, and their prevalence rate is unknown. For other types of hallucination, notably auditory hallucinations, childhood trauma is an important risk factor. However, whether this also applies to sexual hallucinations is unexplored. Objective: To establish the prevalence rate of sexual hallucinations in a clinical sample of patients diagnosed with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder, to describe their phenomenological characteristics, and to estimate their relationship with childhood trauma. Methods: After screening 778 patients diagnosed with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder, 42 were considered eligible for inclusion by t

SUBMITTER: Blom JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5954108 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature