Hallucinations: A systematic review of points of similarity and difference across diagnostic classes

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 32-43

  Waters, Flavie ^a,b   Fernyhough, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GRAYLANDS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Nonclinical; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ALCOHOLISM; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; COMPLICATION; HALLUCINATIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 85014274490     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbw132     Document Type: Review

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