Open AccessSensory deprivation leading to late onset psychosis
Author(s) -
Swapnajeet Sahoo,
Pradyumna
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of geriatric mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2395-3322
pISSN - 2348-9995
DOI - 10.4103/2348-9995.195676
Subject(s) - sensory deprivation , psychosis , anxiety , audiology , sensory system , perception , psychology , depression (economics) , psychiatry , visual hallucination , dementia , medicine , neuroscience , disease , economics , macroeconomics
Sensory deprivation is understood as diminution or absence of perceptual experiences to the usual external stimuli. Sensory deprivation in elderly is reported to be associated with depression, anxiety, psychosis, dementia, etc. In this report, we present the case of an 84-year- elderly man who developed auditory hallucination and after 1 year of onset of hearing difficulties. He was managed with quetiapine, with which he showed significant improvement