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Delusions, hallucinations, and other psychotic symptoms can accompany a number of conditions in late life. These symptoms may be more common than previously thought; Swedish investigators found that in a sample of 85-year-old people, the prevalence of psychotic symptoms was 10.1%, with 6.9% experiencing hallucinations, 5.5% having delusions, and 6.9% experiencing paranoid ideation (Ostling and Skoog 2002).
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