Auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory, and bodily hallucinations in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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.
Fontenelle
Leonardo F
LF
Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. lfontenelle@gmail.com
Lopes
Angelica P
AP
Borges
Manuela C
MC
Pacheco
Paula G
PG
Nascimento
Antonio L
AL
Versiani
Marcio
M
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012720:Severity of Illness Index