‘Hallucinations’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 8

Q: My fiance’s mother is having serious paranoid episodes. She has always had some form of paranoia, but her doctor has given her new pain medication for her back and it has triggered full paranoia. She is convinced people are in her attic waiting to come down and attack her; she’s called the police several [...]

Q: Hi, I feel like something is going wrong in my head. I’m currently taking 50mg of Zoloft daily for panic attacks. I’ve been taking it for about 3 months. My family physician had me on Paxil for several months for depression and then the panic attacks started. The panic attacks seem to be among [...]

Q: Is demonic possession possible, and do you believe it could happen?

A: Psychiatric illness has been present for thousands of years. During those years, the symptoms were thought to be related to demonic possession, a disturbance of “humors”, tree spirits, etc. Modern psychiatry and psychology recognize that symptoms and behaviors once felt to be related [...]