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Auditory, Visual, Tactile, Olfactory, and Bodily Hallucinations in Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

2008; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 13; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s1092852900016278

2165-6509

Leonardo F. Fontenelle, Angélica Prazeres Lopes, Manuela Borges, Paula Gabriela Torres Pacheco, Antonio Leandro Nascimento, Márcio Versiani,

Hallucinations in medical conditions

ABSTRACT Although much attention has been paid to patients who lack insight into their obsessional beliefs, less importance has been given to individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who display perceptual disturbances typically found in psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, or mood disorders with psychotic features. We would like to call the attention to a phenomenon that has been neglected in the psychiatric literature: the occurrence of hallucinations and related phenomena in patients with OCD. In this case report, we describe five clinical vignettes of patients with OCD with hallucinations in several different sensory modalities, including the auditory, the visual, the tactile, the olfactory, and the cenesthetic ones. Further psychopathological research should clarify the clinical significance of hallucinations among patients with OCD.