Hallucination : a frequent but underrated experience

Hallucinations are frequent experiences in youth but their presence is not synonymous with schizophrenia. Such experiences can be observed in a large range of disorders (e.g. psychiatric, neurological, metabolic, genetic, etc.), but also be fully benign. As for the non-detection of a persistent disorder, inadequate care of early-onset hallucinations may have deleterious consequences in terms of cognitive and social functioning.

The challenge is to better detect and explore early-onset hallucinations.

5

%

of hallucinations
in adult population

10

%

of hallucinations
in children and adolescents

20

%

of hallucinations
persisting at 1 year

50

%

of households
own a tablet