Hallucinations in Adolescents With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Psychotic Disorder

作者：James G. Scott, Barry Nurcombe, Judith S. Sheridan, Margaret L. McFarland · 发表于：Australasian Psychiatry · 年份：2007 · DOI：10.1080/10398560601083084 · 被引用次数：47 · 研究领域：Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research、Schizophrenia research and treatment、Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to compare the phenomenology of hallucinations in hospitalized adolescents diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychotic disorder. METHODS: Diagnoses were ascertained in 66 adolescents consecutively admitted to an acute adolescent unit in Australia. Hallucinations were examined to compare their phenomenology in PTSD with psychotic disorder. RESULTS: On most measures, hallucinations did not differ significantly in form or content between those adolescents with PTSD and those with psychotic disorder. In a minority of patients with PTSD, the hallucinations reflected a previous traumatic experience. CONCLUSIONS: Hallucinations were found to be unreliable in distinguishing adolescent inpatients with PTSD from those with psychotic disorder.