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Luci Vallor

Chawkat

Independent Research GT

1 December 2017

Annotated Bibliography

Llorca, P. M., Pereira, B., Jardri, R., Chereau-Boudet, I., Brousse, G., Misdrahi, D., . . .
Chazeron, I. D. (2016). Hallucinations in schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease: an analysis of
sensory modalities involved and the repercussion on patients. Retrieved December 06, 2017,
from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5131286/

The article discusses a study that was created in order to better understand hallucinations
that are apparent in schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease. The evaluation was conducted using
Psycho-Sensory Hallucination Scale (PSAS). The study was performed by psychiatrists
specialized in diagnosing schizophrenia and neurologists specialized in diagnosing Parkinson’s.
The study was conducted with 100 Parkinson’s patients and 100 schizophrenia patients. A
limitation of the study is that its cross-sectional design does not allow for the studying of
hallucinations over a longer duration of time. Sensory hallucinations differed between
Parkinson’s and schizophrenia. Auditory hallucinations were more prevalent with patients of
schizophrenia than visual hallucinations. However, the most common type of hallucinations that
occurred for the patients, was a combination of both auditory and visual hallucinations. In
conclusion the study could be used to further the studies of schizophrenia and Parkinson’s
disease by using the data to understand how frequent and serious hallucinations can be for
patients.
The main author is Dr. P. M. Llorca is a professor at University Clermont Auvergne in
France. He is in the Department of Psychiatry at the University and has written several articles
and case studies that pertain to schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Dr. Llorca is very
qualified as the main author of the case study because he is an expert in his field. The study was
published in December of 2016. This article is current because it was written within the 5-year
limit for STEM fields. The article is current and gathered data from its own research and
experiment. The information can be corroborate using several other sources such as the National
Institute for Mental Health and the National Institute for Health. The information matches the
other other sources proving the information is accurate. The data collected can be used to prove
and examine several aspects of schizophrenia. The purpose for this article is to inform
psychiatrists and psychologists as well as other intellectuals including college professors and to
collect data on hallucinations of the patients. The article is deep and provides the statistical data
collected during the study. The article is a well conducted study of hallucinations in people
suffering from schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease.