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The Frequency of Visual Hallucinations in Schizophrenic Patients in Saudi Arabia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

El-Tayeb A. Zarroug
El-Tayeb A. Zarroug*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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Summary

Sixty-nine schizophrenic patients (52 men and 17 women) who were consecutive admissions to Shehar Psychiatric Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia, were investigated for the phenomenology and frequency of visual hallucinations. Of these patients 43 (62 per cent) were visually hallucinated. It is concluded that visual hallucinations in schizophrenia are of common occurrence in this country. The need for further investigation as to the part played by cultural and other factors is emphasized.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 127 , Issue 6 , December 1975 , pp. 553 - 555
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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