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Is hearing voices a sign of severe psychosis or dementia?
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See below: Auditory hallucination or hearing voices is a sign of psychosis that accompany mental illness, e.g. Depression, schizophrenia, bipolar. A person might have a psychotic reaction to some of the medication as well. Dementia might be accompanied by psychosis. If this is a new sx, or if you've already experienced that, but this sx is bothersome, please see your doctor asap.
Answered 10/3/2016
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It could be either.: Hearing voices is a symptom of psychosis, which can occur in depression, dementia, bipolar disorder or even fever.
Answered 5/7/2016
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