Hallucinations - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The psychotomimetic effects of short-term sensory deprivation.

29 Sep 2009 People experiencing sensory deprivation often report perceptual disturbances such as hallucinations, especially over extended periods of time. However, there is little evidence concerning short-term sensory deprivation and whether its effects differ ... Read more...

Routes to psychotic symptoms: trauma, anxiety and psychosis-like experiences.

20 Aug 2009 A social factor that has gained recent attention in understanding psychosis is trauma. In the current study the association of a history of trauma with persecutory ideation and verbal hallucinations was tested in the general public. Further, ... Read more...

The impact of personality characteristics on the clinical expression in neurodegenerative disorders--a review.

14 Jul 2009 Clinical experience suggests that longstanding personality characteristics as a person's most distinctive features of all are likely to play a role in how someone with dementia copes with his increasing deficiencies. Personality characteristics may ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hallucinations - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The psychotomimetic effects of short-term sensory deprivation. 29 Sep 2009
• Routes to psychotic symptoms: trauma, anxiety and psychosis-like experiences. 20 Aug 2009
• Hallucinations associated with modafinil treatment for narcolepsy. 30 Jul 2009
• Cognitive behavior therapy for psychosis: where have we been and where are we going? 15 Jul 2009
• The impact of personality characteristics on the clinical expression in neurodegenerative disorders--a review. 14 Jul 2009
• Pseudohallucinations versus true hallucinations in prodromal psychosis: does it really matter? 29 Jun 2009
• Naming names: auditory hallucinations, inner speech, and source monitoring. 15 Jun 2009
• A narrative study of the experiences of student nurses who have participated in the Hearing Voices that are Distressing simulation. 6 Jun 2009
• Clinical presentation of mania compared with depression: data from a geriatric clinic in India. 2 Jun 2009
• Pathogenesis and symptomatology of hallucinations (delusions) of organic brain disorder and schizophrenia. 30 May 2009
• Hallucinations arising in the context of torn attachment, traumatic childhood and tapeworms. 30 May 2009
• Recovery as discovery. 23 May 2009
• Sleep paralysis in adolescents: the 'a dead body climbed on top of me' phenomenon in Mexico. 20 May 2009
• Delusions, illusions and hallucinations in epilepsy: 2. Complex phenomena and psychosis. 10 May 2009
• [A young man' spontaneous pneumomediastinum] 5 May 2009
• Delusions, illusions and hallucinations in epilepsy: 1. Elementary phenomena. 4 May 2009
• Effect of a serotonin reuptake inhibitor on irritability, apathy, and psychotic symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease. 3 May 2009
• Tactile, olfactory, and gustatory hallucinations in psychotic disorders: a descriptive study. 29 Apr 2009
• [Being there, a nursing function with many dimensions in a "place in life"] 29 Apr 2009
• Relating therapy for people who hear voices: a case series. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Hallucinations'

Definition: Subjectively experienced sensations in the absence of an appropriate stimulus, but which are regarded by the individual as real. They may be of organic origin or associated with MENTAL DISORDERS.

Descriptor UI: D006212

Alternative terms: Hallucinations; Hallucination; Hallucinations, Visual; Hallucination, Visual; Visual Hallucination; Visual Hallucinations; Hallucination of Body Sensation; Body Sensation Hallucination; Body Sensation Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Auditory; Auditory Hallucination; Auditory Hallucinations; Hallucination, Auditory; Hallucinations, Dissociative; Dissociative Hallucination; Dissociative Hallucinations; Hallucination, Dissociative; Hallucinations, Elementary; Elementary Hallucination; Elementary Hallucinations; Hallucination, Elementary; Hallucinations, Formed, of People; Hallucinations, Gustatory; Gustatory Hallucination; Gustatory Hallucinations; Hallucination, Gustatory; Hallucinations, Hypnagogic; Hallucination, Hypnagogic; Hypnagogic Hallucination; Hypnagogic Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Hypnapompic; Hallucination, Hypnapompic; Hypnapompic Hallucination; Hypnapompic Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Internal Body Sensation; Hallucinations, Kinesthetic; Hallucination, Kinesthetic; Kinesthetic Hallucination; Kinesthetic Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Mood Congruent; Hallucination, Mood Congruent; Mood Congruent Hallucination; Mood Congruent Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Mood Incongruent; Hallucination, Mood Incongruent; Mood Incongruent Hallucination; Mood Incongruent Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Olfactory; Hallucination, Olfactory; Olfactory Hallucination; Olfactory Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Organic; Hallucination, Organic; Organic Hallucination; Organic Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Reflex; Hallucination, Reflex; Reflex Hallucination; Reflex Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Sensory; Hallucination, Sensory; Sensory Hallucination; Sensory Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Somatic; Hallucination, Somatic; Somatic Hallucination; Somatic Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Tactile; Hallucination, Tactile; Tactile Hallucination; Tactile Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Verbal Auditory; Auditory Hallucination, Verbal; Auditory Hallucinations, Verbal; Hallucination, Verbal Auditory; Verbal Auditory Hallucination; Verbal Auditory Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Visual, Formed; Hallucinations, Visual, Unformed;

Related Mesh Headings: Hallucinogens;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.762.300; C23.888.592.604.764.300; F01.700.750.300;

Technical Notes: /chem ind: consider also HALLUCINOGENS