Hallucinations: Etiology and clinical implications
The literature on hallucinations is reviewed, including history; theoretical background from physiological, biochemical and psychological points of view; classification; causation; presentation in different psychiatric and neurological disorders and in normal persons. The available evidence suggests...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Industrial Psychiatry Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2009;volume=18;issue=2;spage=119;epage=126;aulast=Kumar |
| Summary: | The literature on hallucinations is reviewed, including history; theoretical background from physiological, biochemical and psychological points of view; classification; causation; presentation in different psychiatric and neurological disorders and in normal persons. The available evidence suggests that hallucinations result from a failure of the metacognitive skills involved in discriminating between self-generated and external sources of information. Management of hallucinations is briefly discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 0972-6748 |