CLASS:IV
The hallucinations have a quality of intrusiveness into one’s dayto-
day activities. Patients show inappropriate behavior while
apparently responding to internal stimuli; inappropriate affect, such
as giggling without reason that is not related to the outside
environment; conversations with self; poor attention to task on
hand which can be directed to task and surroundings. It is not
unusual for individual to feel out of control, yet it is often possible
for the hallucinator to be re-directed by another person or to learn
specific coping strategies to decrease intrusiveness. Intervention
techniques are quiet variable and should be specifically tailored to
the individual. Typically, modalities involve the altering of
environmental stimuli either by increasing involvement in a specific
task or by filtering and limiting stimuli through conscious
relaxation.