Table 2.
Phenomenology of Psychotic-Like Experiences Reported by the “Definite” (ie, Interview-Confirmed) Psychotic Experience Group at Interview (n = 17)
% | n | |
Perceptual disturbances | ||
Auditory hallucinations | 71 | 12 |
Gedankenlautwerden/Echo de pensées (thoughts heard aloud) | 47 | 8 |
Commands | 29 | 4 |
Voices commenting on behavior | 18 | 3 |
Music playing aloud | 12 | 2 |
Visual hallucinations | 35 | 6 |
People and faces | 24 | 4 |
Strange shapes | 12 | 2 |
Aliens | 6 | 1 |
Unusual thoughts | ||
Suspiciousness/persecutory ideas | 59 | 10 |
Being followed or spied upon | 53 | 9 |
Belief that ghosts are responsible for hallucinations | 29 | 5 |
Belief that ghosts are deceased relatives | 12 | 2 |
Ability to predict the future | 29 | 5 |
Passivity phenomena | 12 | 2 |
Grandiosity | 12 | 2 |
Thought withdrawal | 6 | 1 |