Editing Visual release hallucinations (section)

==Treatment==
There is no treatment of proven effectiveness for CBS.<ref name=":0" /> For those experiencing CBS, knowing that they have this syndrome and not a mental illness seems to be the most comforting treatment so far, as it improves their ability to cope with the hallucinations.<ref name=":0" /> Pharmacologic management including antipsychotics, antidepressants and mood stabilizes have been used in cases with varying results. Due to inconsistent results and associated medication side effects, non-pharmacologic management such as reassurance is currently preferred.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Bonnet Syndrome |url=https://eyewiki.org/Charles_Bonnet_Syndrome |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=eyewiki.org |language=en}}</ref> Furthermore, treatment of underlying conditions that caused the visual loss could also remove or improve CBS associated symptoms.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=March 1996 |title=A Three-Year Follow-Up Study of Visual Hallucinations in Patients with Macular Degeneration |url=http://journals.lww.com/00005053-199603000-00008 |journal=The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease |language=en |volume=184 |issue=3 |pages=188–189 |doi=10.1097/00005053-199603000-00008 |pmid=8600223 |issn=0022-3018 |last1=Holroyd |first1=S. |last2=Rabins |first2=P. V. |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last1=Lerario |first1=Alberto |last2=Ciammola |first2=Andrea |last3=Poletti |first3=Barbara |last4=Girotti |first4=Floriano |last5=Silani |first5=Vincenzo |date=2013-02-05 |title=Charles Bonnet syndrome: two case reports and review of the literature |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-013-6857-7 |journal=Journal of Neurology |volume=260 |issue=4 |pages=1180–1186 |doi=10.1007/s00415-013-6857-7 |pmid=23381616 |issn=0340-5354|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Those experiencing severe symptoms can also utilize behavior techniques such as repeated blinking during hallucinations, rapid eye movement from one object to another and bright lighting to engage the visual neural pathways.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Vaphiades |first1=Michael S. |last2=Celesia |first2=Gastone G. |last3=Brigell |first3=Mitchell G. |date=August 1996 |title=Positive spontaneous visual phenomena limited to the hemianopic field in lesions of central visual pathways |url=https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.47.2.408 |journal=Neurology |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=408–417 |doi=10.1212/wnl.47.2.408 |pmid=8757013 |issn=0028-3878|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Issa |first1=Baba Awoye |last2=Yussuf |first2=Abdullahi Dasliva |date=n.d. |title=Charles bonnet syndrome, management with simple behavioral technique |journal=Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice |language=en |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=63–65 |doi=10.4103/0976-3147.105618 |doi-access=free |issn=0976-3147 |pmc=3579052 |pmid=23546356}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-18 |title=Charles Bonnet syndrome |url=https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/charles-bonnet-syndrome/#:~:text=Other%20things%20that%20can%20help,of%20the%20sight%20you%20have |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=nhs.uk |language=en}}</ref> Lastly, social isolation, especially in the elderly has also been postulated as a possible etiological factor for CBS and therefore engaging with other individuals could also help alleviate CBS related symptoms.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Husain |first=Muhammad Omair |last2=Chaudhry |first2=Imran B |last3=Blakemore |first3=Amy |last4=Shakoor |first4=Suleman |last5=Husain |first5=Muhammad Ali |last6=Lane |first6=Steven |last7=Kiran |first7=Tayyeba |last8=Jafri |first8=Farhat |last9=Memon |first9=Rakhshi |last10=Panagioti |first10=Maria |last11=Husain |first11=Nusrat |date=January 2021 |title=Prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and their association with psychosocial outcomes: A cross-sectional study from Pakistan |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20503121211032813 |journal=SAGE Open Medicine |language=en |volume=9 |doi=10.1177/20503121211032813 |issn=2050-3121|pmc=8511919 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jones |first=Lee |last2=Ditzel-Finn |first2=Lara |last3=Potts |first3=Judith |last4=Moosajee |first4=Mariya |date=February 2021 |title=Exacerbation of visual hallucinations in Charles Bonnet syndrome due to the social implications of COVID-19 |url=https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2020-000670 |journal=BMJ Open Ophthalmology |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=e000670 |doi=10.1136/bmjophth-2020-000670 |issn=2397-3269}}</ref>