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Assessing early-onset hallucinations in the touch-screen generation.
Morgane Demeulemeester1, Fréderic Kochman1, Benjamin Fligans1
1Morgane Demeulemeester, Université de Lille, SCA-Lab, PSYChiC team, Lille and Lautréamont Clinic, ORPEA-CLINEA Group, Loos; Fréderic Kochman, MD, Lautréamont Clinic, ORPEA-CLINEA Group, Loos; Benjamin Fligans, Université de Lille, SCA-Lab, PSYChiC team, Lille; Ahmed J. Tabet, Université de Lille, PolyTech, Lille; Pierre Thomas, MD, PhD, Université de Lille, SCA-Lab, PSYChiC team, and Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire (CHRU) de Lille, Adult Psychiatry Department, Lille; Renaud Jardri, MD, PhD, Université de Lille, SCA-Lab, PSYChiC team, and Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire (CHRU) de Lille, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Lille, France.
New digital tools can help assess hallucinations in children. The Multisensory HAllucinations Scale for Children (MHASC) is a novel instrument for evaluating complex early-onset hallucinations in youth.
Area of Science:
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Neuroscience
- Digital Health
Background:
- The proliferation of digital device applications offers novel avenues for developing assessment tools.
- Traditional methods for evaluating hallucinations in youth may not capture the complexity of early-onset experiences.
Discussion:
- The Multisensory HAllucinations Scale for Children (MHASC) is introduced as a specialized instrument.
- This scale is designed to assess intricate, early-onset hallucinatory phenomena in pediatric populations.
Key Insights:
- The MHASC provides a dedicated measure for complex multisensory hallucinations in children.
- This development addresses a gap in current assessment methodologies for youth mental health.
Outlook:
- Multilanguage versions of the MHASC are planned with international collaboration.
- This initiative aims to facilitate global research and clinical application of the scale.
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