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hallucination
hallucination (hă-loo-sin-ay-shŏn) n. a false perception of something that is not really there. Hallucinations may be provoked by mental illness (such as schizophrenia or severe anxiety disorders) or physical disorders in the brain or they may be caused by drugs or sensory deprivation. Compare
illusion.
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Hallucinations not benign in Parkinson's.(Neurology)
Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News; 2/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...DIEGO -- So-called benign hallucinations associated with dopaminergic...disease who were diagnosed with hallucinations characterized by the patient...retention of the insight that the hallucinations are unreal. These hallucinations...
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Hallucinations are not 'benign' in Parkinson's disease.(research)(risk factors)
Magazine article from: Clinical Psychiatry News; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...DIEGO -- So-called benign hallucinations associated with dopaminergic...disease who were diagnosed with hallucinations characterized by the patient...retention of the insight that the hallucinations are unreal. These hallucinations...
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Musical hallucinations in patients with Lyme disease. (Case Report).
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Abstract: Musical hallucinations are poorly understood auditory hallucinations that occur in patients with otologic or neurologic...diseases. We report the first cases of musical hallucinations in two patients with neurologic Lyme disease...
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Hallucinations, Thought Disorders, and the Language Domain in Schizophrenia
Magazine article from: Clinical EEG and Neuroscience; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...in the genesis of hallucinations and of the possible...dynamics of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia...emotional content of the hallucination.7 For many years...truism that auditory hallucinations must be generated...
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Musical hallucinations associated with seizures originating from an intracranial aneurysm
Magazine article from: Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Hallucinations are defined as sensory...sensory stimuli. Auditory hallucinations have been shown to arise...year history of musical hallucinations. Her symptoms initially...episodic, and bilateral hallucination of music that she recognized...
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Hallucination timing varies with dementia type.(Geriatrics)
Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News; 7/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...The onset of visual hallucinations relative to the estimated...Ferman said. Visual hallucination type, patient insight...were the most common hallucination in both groups (91%). Other common hallucinations involved insects...
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Dopaminergic treatment hallucinations not 'benign'.(Clinical Rounds)
Magazine article from: Family Practice News; 1/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...DIEGO -- So-called benign hallucinations associated with dopaminergic...disease who were diagnosed with hallucinations characterized by the patient...retention of the insight that the hallucinations are unreal. These hallucinations...
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Onset of hallucinations varies between dementia types.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
Magazine article from: Clinical Psychiatry News; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...group. The onset of visual hallucinations relative to the estimated onset...case in this study." Visual hallucination type, patient insight, and...groups (91%). Other common hallucinations involved insects (22%) and...
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Reports outline hallucinations research from Institute of Psychiatry.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 11/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...Patients prone to hallucinations have complex, task...persist between hallucination episodes. During hallucinations, topological increases...matched the induced hallucination contents. During hallucinations, fMRI connectivity...
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Data on hallucinations discussed by researchers at Newcastle University, Institute for Ageing and Health.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 8/20/2008; 700+ words
; ...structured interview to assess visual hallucinations in older people,' is newly published...from the United Kingdom, "Visual hallucinations are under-reported by patients and...gold standard available to assess hallucinations." "Our objective was to develop...
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Hallucinations
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...Hallucinations Definition Hallucinations are false or distorted...Description A hallucination occurs when environmental...As a result, hallucinations occur during periods...will experience a hallucination. If hallucinations are infrequent...
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Hallucination
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
...English word "hallucination" comes from...the mind." Hallucinations can affect any...distinguish between hallucinations and illusions...journalism. A hallucination is a distorted...a "typical" hallucination, as these experiences...affected. Some hallucinations last only a few...
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hallucination
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...classification of hallucination there exists a more...medicalization of hallucinations, portraying the...popular attitudes to hallucination have been transformed...identification of hallucination with organic disturbance...the significance of hallucinations was undermined by...
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Negative Hallucination
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...anteriority relative to positive hallucination. Freud pursued this idea...first phase of negative hallucination is a narcissistic protection...compensatory production of positive hallucinations or delusions. More recent...massive forms of negative hallucination of the external world in...
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Hallucinations Rating Scale
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
Hallucinations Rating Scale ( HRS ) n. an 11-item scale to determine details of auditory hallucinations in patients.
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