Musical hallucinations. A historical and clinical study [see comments]

Journal/Book: Br J Psychiatry. 1990; 156: 188-94.

Abstract: A sample of 46 subjects experiencing musical hallucinations was analysed - 10 new cases in addition to 36 culled from the literature. When compared with controls, it was found that musical hallucinations are far more common in females, and that age, deafness, and brain disease affecting the non-dominant hemisphere play an important role in their development. Psychiatric illness and personality factors were found to be unimportant.

Keyword(s): Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over; Hallucinations etiology; Hallucinations history; History of Medicine, 19th Cent.; History of Medicine, 20th Cent.; Middle Age Hallucinations ; Music Case Report; Female; Human; Male

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