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Case Reports
. 1990 Feb:156:188-94.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.156.2.188.

Musical hallucinations. A historical and clinical study

G E Berrios  1
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Case Reports

Musical hallucinations. A historical and clinical study

G E Berrios. Br J Psychiatry. 1990 Feb.

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.

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  • Musical and verbal hallucinations.
    Gordon AG. Gordon AG. Br J Psychiatry. 1991 May;158:715-6. doi: 10.1192/s0007125000023916. Br J Psychiatry. 1991. PMID: 1860027 No abstract available.

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