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Hallucinosis

MedGen UID:
535524
•Concept ID:
C0233777
•
Disease or Syndrome
SNOMED CT: Hallucinosis (73917004)

Definition

Mental disorder characterized by hallucinations occurring in a normal state of consciousness and attributable to specific organic factors. [from PSY]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Use of Phenobarbital in Alcohol Withdrawal Management - A Retrospective Comparison Study of Phenobarbital and Benzodiazepines for Acute Alcohol Withdrawal Management in General Medical Patients.
Nisavic M, Nejad SH, Isenberg BM, Bajwa EK, Currier P, Wallace PM, Velmahos G, Wilens T
Psychosomatics 2019 Sep-Oct;60(5):458-467. Epub 2019 Feb 14 doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2019.02.002. PMID: 30876654
Diagnosis and management of delusional parasitosis.
Campbell EH, Elston DM, Hawthorne JD, Beckert DR
J Am Acad Dermatol 2019 May;80(5):1428-1434. Epub 2018 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.12.012. PMID: 30543832
Acute withdrawal: diagnosis and treatment.
Brust JC
Handb Clin Neurol 2014;125:123-31. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-62619-6.00008-2. PMID: 25307572

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Use of Phenobarbital in Alcohol Withdrawal Management - A Retrospective Comparison Study of Phenobarbital and Benzodiazepines for Acute Alcohol Withdrawal Management in General Medical Patients.
Nisavic M, Nejad SH, Isenberg BM, Bajwa EK, Currier P, Wallace PM, Velmahos G, Wilens T
Psychosomatics 2019 Sep-Oct;60(5):458-467. Epub 2019 Feb 14 doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2019.02.002. PMID: 30876654
Auditory hallucinations in cognitive neurology.
Robles Bayón A, Tirapu de Sagrario MG, Gude Sampedro F
Neurologia 2017 Jul-Aug;32(6):345-354. Epub 2016 Mar 9 doi: 10.1016/j.nrl.2015.12.019. PMID: 26968826
Peduncular psychosis.
Andrews JP, Taylor J, Saunders D, Qayyum Z
BMJ Case Rep 2016 Aug 10;2016 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-216165. PMID: 27511753Free PMC Article
The "Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale" (PAWSS): systematic literature review and pilot study of a new scale for the prediction of complicated alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
Maldonado JR, Sher Y, Ashouri JF, Hills-Evans K, Swendsen H, Lolak S, Miller AC
Alcohol 2014 Jun;48(4):375-90. Epub 2014 Feb 19 doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.01.004. PMID: 24657098
Psychiatric morbidity in the aged.
Rao AV
Indian J Med Res 1997 Oct;106:361-9. PMID: 9361469

Diagnosis

Acute Alcoholic Hallucinosis: A Review.
Skryabin VY, Martinotti G, Franck J, Zastrozhin MS
Psychopathology 2023;56(5):383-390. Epub 2023 Jan 19 doi: 10.1159/000528573. PMID: 36657433
Historical Trends in the Diagnosis of Peduncular Hallucinosis.
Galetta KM, Prasad S
J Neuroophthalmol 2018 Dec;38(4):438-441. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000599. PMID: 29215387
The "Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale" (PAWSS): systematic literature review and pilot study of a new scale for the prediction of complicated alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
Maldonado JR, Sher Y, Ashouri JF, Hills-Evans K, Swendsen H, Lolak S, Miller AC
Alcohol 2014 Jun;48(4):375-90. Epub 2014 Feb 19 doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.01.004. PMID: 24657098
Non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease.
Poewe W
Eur J Neurol 2008 Apr;15 Suppl 1:14-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02056.x. PMID: 18353132
Alcohol withdrawal.
Murray TD, Berger A
Va Med Q 1997 Summer;124(3):184-7, 189. PMID: 9227048

Therapy

Use of Phenobarbital in Alcohol Withdrawal Management - A Retrospective Comparison Study of Phenobarbital and Benzodiazepines for Acute Alcohol Withdrawal Management in General Medical Patients.
Nisavic M, Nejad SH, Isenberg BM, Bajwa EK, Currier P, Wallace PM, Velmahos G, Wilens T
Psychosomatics 2019 Sep-Oct;60(5):458-467. Epub 2019 Feb 14 doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2019.02.002. PMID: 30876654
Diagnosis and management of delusional parasitosis.
Campbell EH, Elston DM, Hawthorne JD, Beckert DR
J Am Acad Dermatol 2019 May;80(5):1428-1434. Epub 2018 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.12.012. PMID: 30543832
Acute withdrawal: diagnosis and treatment.
Brust JC
Handb Clin Neurol 2014;125:123-31. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-62619-6.00008-2. PMID: 25307572
The "Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale" (PAWSS): systematic literature review and pilot study of a new scale for the prediction of complicated alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
Maldonado JR, Sher Y, Ashouri JF, Hills-Evans K, Swendsen H, Lolak S, Miller AC
Alcohol 2014 Jun;48(4):375-90. Epub 2014 Feb 19 doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.01.004. PMID: 24657098
Alcohol withdrawal.
Murray TD, Berger A
Va Med Q 1997 Summer;124(3):184-7, 189. PMID: 9227048

Prognosis

Phenomenology and Course of Alcoholic Hallucinosis.
Narasimha VL, Patley R, Shukla L, Benegal V, Kandasamy A
J Dual Diagn 2019 Jul-Sep;15(3):172-176. Epub 2019 Jun 4 doi: 10.1080/15504263.2019.1619008. PMID: 31161915
Musical hallucinations and their relation with epilepsy.
Coebergh JAF, Lauw RF, Sommer IEC, Blom JD
J Neurol 2019 Jun;266(6):1501-1515. Epub 2019 Apr 10 doi: 10.1007/s00415-019-09289-x. PMID: 30972497Free PMC Article
Complications after obliteration of the superior petrosal vein: Are they rare or just underreported?
Cheng L
J Clin Neurosci 2016 Sep;31:1-3. Epub 2016 May 10 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.11.033. PMID: 27178112
The "Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale" (PAWSS): systematic literature review and pilot study of a new scale for the prediction of complicated alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
Maldonado JR, Sher Y, Ashouri JF, Hills-Evans K, Swendsen H, Lolak S, Miller AC
Alcohol 2014 Jun;48(4):375-90. Epub 2014 Feb 19 doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.01.004. PMID: 24657098
Alcoholic hallucinosis: a psychiatric enigma--2. Follow-up studies.
Glass IB
Br J Addict 1989 Feb;84(2):151-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb00564.x. PMID: 2655768

Clinical prediction guides

BION'S GRAPH OF "IN SEARCH OF EXISTENCE".
Civitarese G
Am J Psychoanal 2021 Sep;81(3):326-350. doi: 10.1057/s11231-021-09306-x. PMID: 34262138
Blindness, Psychosis, and the Visual Construction of the World.
Pollak TA, Corlett PR
Schizophr Bull 2020 Dec 1;46(6):1418-1425. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbz098. PMID: 31603236Free PMC Article
Musical hallucinations and their relation with epilepsy.
Coebergh JAF, Lauw RF, Sommer IEC, Blom JD
J Neurol 2019 Jun;266(6):1501-1515. Epub 2019 Apr 10 doi: 10.1007/s00415-019-09289-x. PMID: 30972497Free PMC Article
The "Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale" (PAWSS): systematic literature review and pilot study of a new scale for the prediction of complicated alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
Maldonado JR, Sher Y, Ashouri JF, Hills-Evans K, Swendsen H, Lolak S, Miller AC
Alcohol 2014 Jun;48(4):375-90. Epub 2014 Feb 19 doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.01.004. PMID: 24657098
Alcoholic hallucinosis: a psychiatric enigma--1. The development of an idea.
Glass IB
Br J Addict 1989 Jan;84(1):29-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb00549.x. PMID: 2644996

Recent systematic reviews

Leroy's elusive little people: A systematic review on lilliputian hallucinations.
Blom JD
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021 Jun;125:627-636. Epub 2021 Mar 4 doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.03.002. PMID: 33676962
Musical hallucinations and their relation with epilepsy.
Coebergh JAF, Lauw RF, Sommer IEC, Blom JD
J Neurol 2019 Jun;266(6):1501-1515. Epub 2019 Apr 10 doi: 10.1007/s00415-019-09289-x. PMID: 30972497Free PMC Article
Safety profile of superior petrosal vein (the vein of Dandy) sacrifice in neurosurgical procedures: a systematic review.
Narayan V, Savardekar AR, Patra DP, Mohammed N, Thakur JD, Riaz M, Nanda A
Neurosurg Focus 2018 Jul;45(1):E3. doi: 10.3171/2018.4.FOCUS18133. PMID: 29961377
Treatment of Alcohol-Induced Psychotic Disorder (Alcoholic Hallucinosis)-A Systematic Review.
Masood B, Lepping P, Romanov D, Poole R
Alcohol Alcohol 2018 May 1;53(3):259-267. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agx090. PMID: 29145545
The "Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale" (PAWSS): systematic literature review and pilot study of a new scale for the prediction of complicated alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
Maldonado JR, Sher Y, Ashouri JF, Hills-Evans K, Swendsen H, Lolak S, Miller AC
Alcohol 2014 Jun;48(4):375-90. Epub 2014 Feb 19 doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.01.004. PMID: 24657098

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