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Phantosmia: What causes olfactory hallucinations? - Mayo Clinic
Phantosmia may be caused by a head injury or upper respiratory infection. It also can be caused by aging, trauma, temporal lobe seizures, inflamed sinuses, brain tumors, certain medicines and Parkinson's disease.
Schizophrenia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that affects how people think, feel and behave. It may result in a mix of hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking and behavior. Hallucinations involve seeing things or hearing voices that aren't observed by others. Delusions involve firm beliefs about things that are not true.
Autoimmune encephalitis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
People with this type of AE often have symptoms that include confusion, memory loss, trouble with sleep, nerve pain and other symptoms. This type also can cause a rare disease known as Morvan syndrome. Morvan syndrome can cause hallucinations, memory loss, changes in blood pressure and painful cramps. Men are more likely to have this type of AE.
Childhood schizophrenia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Hallucinations. These usually involve seeing or hearing things that don't exist. Yet for the person with schizophrenia, hallucinations have the full force and impact of a normal experience. Hallucinations can be in any of the senses, but hearing voices is the most common hallucination. Disorganized thinking.
Lewy body dementia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Visual hallucinations. Seeing things that aren't there, known as hallucinations, might be one of the first symptoms of Lewy body dementia. This symptom often occurs regularly. People with Lewy body dementia might see shapes, animals or people that aren't there. Hallucinations involving sounds, smells or touch are possible. Movement disorders.
Temporal lobe seizure - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Symptoms. An odd feeling called an aura may happen before a temporal lobe seizure. An aura acts as a warning. Not everyone who has temporal lobe seizures has au
Schizophrenia - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
A healthcare professional or mental health professional checks mental status by noting how a person looks and behaves, and asking about thoughts, moods, delusions, hallucinations, substance use, and potential for violence or suicide. This evaluation includes family and personal history.
Schizoaffective disorder - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania. Hallucinations involve seeing things or hearing voices that others don't observe.
Childhood schizophrenia - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Most of the antipsychotics used in children are the same as those used for adults with schizophrenia. Antipsychotic drugs are often effective at managing symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations. In general, the goal of treatment with antipsychotics is to effectively manage symptoms at the lowest possible dose.
Schizotypal personality disorder - Symptoms and causes
It's easy to confuse schizotypal personality disorder with schizophrenia, which is a severe mental health condition where people struggle with interpreting and managing reality. This is known as psychosis. People with schizotypal personality disorder may have brief psychotic bouts with delusions or hallucinations.
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