![]() ![]() ![]() An International Consortium on Hallucination Research working group, along with consumer groups, developed the 50-item QPE to assess the presence, severity, and phenomenology of hallucinations and delusions. ![]() This study aimed to use the QPE to examine hallucinations and delusions across a number of different conditions, and to ensure that the QPE had acceptable psychometric properties. This article describes an examination of the validity and reliability of the English version of a new assessment, the Questionnaire for Psychotic Experiences (QPE). Yet current assessments are often designed for one disorder, or are limited in their examination of phenomenological features this has hindered transdiagnostic research. Psychotic experiences are prevalent across a wide variety of psychiatric, neurological, and medical conditions. Multisensory hallucinations and delusions occur in BPD and should be explored when treating people with BPD. The BPD group also reported significantly higher rates of paranoia/suspiciousness and delusions of guilt than the SSD group. Slight differences were found when hallucinations in BPD were compared with hallucinations in SSD, but overall the experiences were similar across diagnoses. When comparing BPD with and without voices, there were no significant differences in nonpsychotic psychopathology. Among individuals with BPD, 81% reported visual and tactile hallucinations, 75% reported olfactory hallucinations, and 94% experienced delusions. Eighty-nine adults participated and were categorized into four groups: BPD with voices, BPD without voices, SSD with high BPD traits, and SSD with low BPD traits. Clinical psychopathology was also explored. The authors explore the phenomenology of multisensory hallucinations and delusions in individuals with BPD and compare them to those in individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD). Hallucinations and delusions in borderline personality disorder (BPD) are understudied. ![]()
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