Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of hallucinations.
Family history
- What is the general health of your family members?
- Are there any diseases in your family that are common?
- Are there any hereditary diseases in your family?
Social history
- What is your profession?
- Is there any evidence of psychosocial stress or strain due to your family situation?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- What changes have you noticed?
- How long have these changes existed?
- Have you seen, heard, etc., things that others said were not real?
- Does this occur more frequently?
- In what situations does this occur?
- What do you do to make the situation stop?
- Do you notice any other symptoms in these situations? Restlessness? Headache? Fever?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Do you smoke? If yes, how many cigarettes, cigars or pipes per day?
- Do you drink alcohol more often? If yes, what drink(s) and how many glasses of it per day?
- Do you use drugs? If yes, which drugs (amphetamines, crack, ecstasy, cocaine, LSD, marijuana)and how often per day or per week?
Self-history incl. medication history.
- Pre-existing conditions (neurological, internal diseases, metabolic disorders).
- Operations (neurosurgical operations)
- Radiotherapy
- Vaccination status
- Allergies
- Medication history
