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World J Psychiatry. Sep 19, 2024; 14(9): 1386-1396
Published online Sep 19, 2024. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v14.i9.1386
Classification of musical hallucinations and the characters along with neural-molecular mechanisms of musical hallucinations associated with psychiatric disorders
Xin Lian, Wei Song, Tian-Mei Si, Naomi Zheng Lian
Xin Lian, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan 030032, Shanxi Province, China
Wei Song, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4L8, ON, Canada
Tian-Mei Si, Department of Psychopharmacology, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
Naomi Zheng Lian, Department of Psychiatry, Hartford HealthCare, St Vincent’s Medical Center, Westport, CT 06088, United States
Author contributions: Lian X, Song W, Si TM, and Lian NZ carried out the studies, participated in collecting data, and drafted the manuscript; Lian NZ performed the statistical analysis and participated in its design; Lian X and Lian NZ participated in acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data and draft the manuscript; All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: Naomi Zheng Lian, MD, PhD, Doctor, Department of Psychiatry, Hartford HealthCare, St Vincent’s Medical Center, 47 Long Lots Road, Westport, CT 06088, United States. shanxijingzhong@gmail.com
Received: April 7, 2024
Revised: August 15, 2024
Accepted: August 22, 2024
Published online: September 19, 2024
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Core Tip: There has been a noteworthy increase in musical hallucination (MH) publications over the last several years warranting a more recent and updated analysis of MH. In our study, we engaged in a more comprehensive review of these MH publications and studies. Our study and findings are unique in that we demonstrated the psychiatric conditions linked and/or associated with MH from a statistical perspective. The neurobiological processes associated with psychiatric disorders comorbid with MH were analyzed, categorized and summarized. Our study also found that the recent biological and molecular studies indicate possible mechanisms that cause neuron disruptions in MH.