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Hallucinations and delusions
Identifier
003444
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Prevalence of Psychotic Symptoms in a Community-Based Parkinson Disease Sample - Mack J et al - the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, etc
……A total of 250 patients with PD .. from three community-based movement disorder clinics underwent comprehensive research diagnostic evaluations by a geriatric psychiatrist as part of a study on mood disorders in PD. ………….Of the total sample
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26% of patients were found not to have any current psychotic symptoms
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47.7% had isolated minor symptoms
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52.3% had both hallucinations and/or delusions
CONCLUSIONS: Psychotic symptoms are common in PD patients, with minor psychotic phenomena present in nearly half of affected patients in a community-based sample. Psychotic symptoms, including minor phenomena, were clinically significant.