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Minor hallucinations in early Parkinson’s disease: are they benign?

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Psychotic phenomena in early Parkinson’s disease are understudied and underappreciated. Bernasconi et al.1 report that such phenomena, when combined with evidence of low-frequency activity in frontal regions on EEG, herald a later decline in frontal cognitive functions, underlining their significance and need for timely, accurate detection.

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Fig. 1: Schematic representation of the associations between minor hallucinatory phenomena and clinical, neuropsychological, imaging and neurophysiological characteristics in patients with PD.

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Stefanis, L., Pachi, I. Minor hallucinations in early Parkinson’s disease: are they benign?. Nat. Mental Health 1, 451–452 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00087-z

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