Tactile Hallucinations: Presenting Symptom of Schizophrenia

Abstract

Although previous reports about tactile hallucinations of sexual content suggesting Schizophrenia are known 2 , this disorder has been characterized mostly by hallucinations of visual/auditory content. At Schizophrenia presentation these two types of hallucinations are the prominent features. This report describes a patient who had no previous psychiatric symptoms and for whom tactile hallucinations were the presenting symptom of Schizophrenia.