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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mustafa Javid Qadri

‘Mystery’ condition causing ‘terrifying’ hallucinations in one million Britons

Nina Chesworth

More than one-third of UK health experts are not aware of Charles Bonnet syndrome - CBS - a condition which can cause vivid, and sometimes frightening, hallucinations.

A poll of 1,100 health experts - including GPs, doctors and optometrists - found 37 per cent were not aware of CBS.

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