Friday #MentalHealth #MythBuster: Hallucinations Are Not So Serious

#Hallucinations are distorted perceptions of reality

#Hallucinations can be auditory, visual or tactile

#Chronic (long-term) hallucinations can begin very early in life, even in childhood

#Some, not all, people with mental illness hallucinate

#Psychiatric medications can assist people with mental illness to have less commanding hallucinations

#Anti-hallucinogenic medications can assist in lessening the frequency of hallucinations

#Many times, even with medication, people with severe and persistent mental illness may continue to hallucinate

#Not all people who hallucinate are dangerous and threatening

#Hallucinations can be frightening to the person experiencing it as much, if not more, to the person witnessing

#Medication prescriptions for people who hallucinate is written by a primary doctor, a psychiatrist or a psychiatric RN

#Sometimes people who hallucinate will not disclose that they do, even to people closest to them


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Asha, Licensed Mental Health Specialist