The psychopathology of musical hallucinations
Mahendran, R.
Singapore Medical Journal 48(2): e68-e70
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 17304385 Document Number: 611537
Musical hallucinations are a rare phenomenon in neurological and psychiatric patients. There are clinical case reports and a few studies which describe the condition. Musical hallucinations have a heterogeneous clinical and pathophysiological aetiology, and have been reported in the elderly and in those with hearing impairment, central nervous system disorders and psychiatric disorders. The psychopathology is reviewed and three cases seen in a psychiatric setting are reported.