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Attentional deficit versus impaired reality testing: What is the role of executive dysfunction in complex visual hallucinations?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2005

Ralf-Peter Behrendt*
Affiliation:
MRC Psychiatry, The Retreat Hospital, York, YO10 5BN, United Kingdom
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Abstract

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A “multifactorial” model should accommodate a psychological perspective, aiming to relate the phenomenology of complex visual hallucinations not only to neurobiological findings but also an understanding of the patient's psychological problems and situation in life. Greater attention needs to be paid to the role of the “lack of insight” patients may have into their hallucinations and its relationship to cognitive impairment.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005