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Hearing voices: Contents

Hearing voices: Introduction

Hearing voices: Hearing voices as a type of hallucination. See free access online books about Hearing voices below. See detailed information below for a list of 7 causes of Hearing voices, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Hearing voices:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Hearing voices. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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Hearing voices: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Hearing voices, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Hearing voices

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Diagnostic Guides for Hearing voices

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Hearing voices from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Hearing voices. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Hearing voices

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TINNITUS AND DEAFNESS

  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)

TINNITUS AND DEAFNESS

  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Hearing voices: Self Assessment Tools

Hearing voices: Medical Mistakes

Hearing voices: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Hospitals & Clinics: Hearing voices

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Misdiagnosis and Hearing voices

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Hearing voices: Related Rare Diseases

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Diagnostic tests for Hearing voices:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Hearing voices. Some of these are listed below :

  • Mental state examination - including appearance, behavior, rate and continuity of speech, mood, affect, thought content, evidence of any hallucinations or abnormal beliefs, orientation to time, place and person, attention and concentration, short-term memory, insight and judgement.
  • Physical examination
    • Does the person smell of alcohol
    • Temperature
    • Neck stiffness may suggest meningitis or subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • more tests...»

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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Hearing voices. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

  • How long have you been hearing voices when no one else is in the room or hearing voices that other people do not hear? - to determine if acute or chronic.
  • Do you hear sounds such as muttering, whispering, music, etc.?
  • Do you hear voices talking about you or to you?
  • Do the voices give orders?
  • What do the voices say? - may help to determine if content is depressive, grandiose, appropriate for the person's mood e.g. in manic states the content may be grandiose, such as a voice telling the person that they have special powers; whereas in depressive disorders the content is likely to be abusive and consistent with the state of low self esteem. Voices heard in schizophrenia may include two or more people discussing that person or arguing about him in the third person or voices that form a running commentary on that person's behavior or voices that make obscene, threatening, or highly critical comments.
  • more questions...»

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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Hearing voices) may include:

  • Psychotic symptoms? - e.g. delusions, hallucinations and disordered thinking - may suggest schizophrenia or bipolar disorder but these symptoms may also be present with delirium, dementia and severe depression.
  • Paranoid thoughts? - may be present in schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, psychotic depression, paranoid delusional disorder, paranoid personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, brain damage, abuse of stimulant of hallucinogenic drugs, dementia and cultural isolation.
  • Symptoms of depression? - e.g. depressed mood, crying spells, anhedonia (loss of interest or pleasure), increase or decrease in appetite (usually decreased), weight loss or gain, insomnia or increased sleeping (usually early morning waking), fatigue, loss of energy, feelings of worthlessness, feelings of excessive guilt, poor concentration, difficulty making decisions, low libido, thoughts of death or suicide attempt. Severe psychotic depression may feature auditory hallucinations.
  • Symptoms of Bipolar disorder? - e.g. episodes of depression (often psychotic in intensity) and at other times episodes of psychotic excitement (mania or hypomania). Symptoms of psychotic excitement may include elevation of mood, increased activity, grandiose ideas, irritability, disinhibition (which affects social, sexual and financial behavior), rapid speech and racing thought, delusions (persecutory or grandiose) and sometimes hallucinations.
  • Symptoms of dementia? - e.g. impaired memory, impaired judgement and thinking, impaired verbal fluency and impaired ability to perform complex tasks. Personality may change, impulse control may be lost and personal care deteriorates. People with dementia may also have psychiatric symptoms such as delusions, paranoid ideas, hallucinations, mood disturbance and behavioral disturbance.
  • more symptoms...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Hearing voices

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Stories from Users for Hearing voices

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Organs affected by Hearing voices:

The list of organs typically affected by Hearing voices may include, but is not limited to:

Detailed list of causes of Hearing voices

The list below shows some of the causes of Hearing voices mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Hearing voices?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Hearing voices. Of the 7 causes of Hearing voices that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 0 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "common" diseases
  • 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 0 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 6 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 7 causes of Hearing voices

Conditions listing symptoms: Hearing voices:

The following list of conditions have 'Hearing voices' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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  • Psychiatric disorders ... Hearing voices
  • Psychological disorders ... Hearing voices

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    • Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Hearing voices?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Hearing voices, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    Classifications of Hearing voices:

    Medical Conditions associated with Hearing voices:

    Delusions (116 causes), Ear symptoms (1420 causes), Voice symptoms (437 causes), Hallucinations (172 causes), Mental problems (2593 causes), Mouth symptoms (2805 causes), Head symptoms (5831 causes), Face symptoms (4261 causes), Throat symptoms (2303 causes), Behavioral symptoms (3876 causes), Personality symptoms (3350 causes)

    Symptoms related to Hearing voices:

    Hallucinations (172 causes), Brain disorder, Psychosis (33 causes), Hearing disorder, Schizophrenia, Antipsychotic medications

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