Investigating the prevalence and types of hallucination-like experiences (HLEs) in a sample of 437 young adults, researchers in Italy, Belgium, the U.K. and Denmark found higher levels of psychological distress were associated with a higher frequency of HLEs. The authors suggest that the results “provide further support for the multidimensional nature of hallucination proneness in the general population and indicate that some HLEs (particularly those related to intrusiveness of thought) are associated with a lower level of perceived well-being.” Results appear in the April 2012 issue of the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
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