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hallucination
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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hal·lu·ci·na·tion
/ həˌloōsənˈāshən/
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n.
an experience involving the apparent perception of something not present:
he continued to suffer from horrific hallucinations.
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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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