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  • The experience of felt presence in a general population sample

  • Sanne G. Brederoo, Ben Alderson-Day, Janna N. de Boer, Mascha M. J. Linszen, Iris E. C. Sommer
  • Journal:
    The British Journal of Psychiatry / Volume 224 / Issue 4 / April 2024
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    12 March 2024, pp. 119-121
    Print publication:
    April 2024
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  • Felt presence is a widely occurring experience, but remains under-recognised in clinical and research practice. To contribute to a wider recognition of the phenomenon, we aimed to assess the presentation of felt presence in a large population sample (n = 10 447) and explore its relation to key risk factors for psychosis. In our sample 1.6% reported experiencing felt presence in the past month. Felt presence was associated with visual and tactile hallucinations and delusion-like thinking; it was also associated with past occurrence of adverse events, loneliness and poor sleep. The occurrence of felt presence may function as a marker for general hallucination proneness.