The mind with a radio of its own: A case report and review of the literature on the treatment of musical hallucinations

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 220-224

  Colon Rivera, Hector A ^a   Oldham, Mark A ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory charles bonnet; Hallucinosis; Musical hallucination; Oliver sacks syndrome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; BUSPIRONE; CALCITONIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLONIDINE; DONEPEZIL; GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; OPIATE PEPTIDE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSICAL HALLUCINATION; PATIENT HISTORY OF THERAPY; REMISSION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TINNITUS;

AUDITORY CHARLES BONNET; HALLUCINOSIS; MUSICAL HALLUCINATION; OLIVER SACKS SYNDROME; TREATMENT;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TINNITUS;

EID: 84895453443     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.10.021     Document Type: Article

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