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James Graham Scott1, Barry Nurcombe, Judith Sheridan
1Kids in Mind Inpatient Unit, Mater Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Qld 4101, Australia. James.Scott@mater.org.au
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.
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