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hallucination
hallucination false perception characterized by a distortion of real sensory stimuli. Common types of hallucination are auditory, i.e., hearing voices or noises and visual, i.e., seeing people that are not actually present. Hallucinations play a prominent role in schizophrenia and in the mania... Read more |
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hypnagogic
hypnagogic (hip-nă-goj-ik) adj. relating to the period immediately before falling asleep. h. imagery the production of vivid mental images just before falling asleep. h. hallucination a vivid and intense auditory or visual hallucination occurring at the beginning of sleep in 30–60% of... Read more |
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Premonition
Premonition A paranormal impression warning of a future event. Premonitions may range from vague feelings of disquiet, suggestive of impending disaster, to actual hallucinations, visual or auditory. Dreams are frequent vehicles of premonitions, either direct or symbolical, as well as veridical... Read more |
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cannabis
cannabis (kan-ă-bis) n. a drug prepared from the Indian hemp plant (Cannabis sativa), also known as pot, marijuana, hashish, and bhang. It produces euphoria and hallucinations and has little therapeutic value; its nonmedical use is illegal. See also dependence.... Read more |
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Trifluoperazine
Trifluoperazine Definition Trifluoperazine is a phenothiazine antipsychotic agent. In the United States, this drug is sold under the brand name Stelazine. Purpose Trifluoperazine is a drug used to treat psychotic disorders, agitation, and ... Read more |
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Hartmann
Hartmann, (Carl Robert) Eduard von(1842-1906) German philosopher and author of The Philosophy of the Unconscious, which laid the groundwork of both modern psychoanalysis and of phenomenology. Born February 23, 1842, in Berlin, Hartmann was originally educated for an army career but later turned to... Read more |
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Mania
Mania Definition Mania is an abnormally elated mental state, typically characterized by feelings of euphoria, lack of inhibitions, racing thoughts, diminished need for sleep, talkativeness, risk taking, and irritability. In extreme cases, mania can induce hallucinations and other psychotic... Read more |
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Clozapine
Clozapine Definition Clozapine is an antipsychotic drug used to alleviate the symptoms and signs of schizophrenia—a form of severe mental illness— which is characterized by loss of contact with reality, hallucinations, delusions, and unusual behavior. In the United... Read more |
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delirium tremens
delirium tremens , hallucinatory episodes that may occur during withdrawal from chronic alcoholism, popularly known as the DTs. An episode of delirium tremens is usually preceded by disturbed sleep and irritability, and generally takes several days to develop. The patient may experience sweating and... Read more |
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delusion
delusion false belief based upon a misinterpretation of reality. It is not, like a hallucination, a false sensory perception, or like an illusion, a distorted perception. Delusions vary in intensity, and are not uncommon among substance abusers, particularly those who use amphetamines, cocaine, and... Read more |
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vision
...by tears synonyms: eyesight, sight, observation, (visual) perception; eyes; view, perspective. 2. the psychic...troubled by visions of the dead synonyms: apparition, hallucination, illusion, mirage, specter, phantom, ghost, wraith... |
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Visual Hallucinations in Lewy Body Disease.
Visual Hallucinations in Lewy Body Disease Abstract...PDD and PD. However, neither visual hallucinations nor cognitive fluctuations were...were highly predictive of formed visual hallucinations. Commentary This study is one... |
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I dislike what I fancy I feel.(treatment of visual hallucinations)
...medical texts as "visual hallucinations in psychologically...of three kinds of hallucination that are only likely...others being musical hallucinations and the "phantom...a psychiatrist, hallucinations differ both from...it is a dog. In a hallucination there is no external... |
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Visual hallucinations in Lewy body disease.
...of fluctuating cognition and visual hallucinations in DLB, and the late development...highly predictive of formed visual hallucinations. * COMMENTARY This study is...primary finding that formed visual hallucinations suggest Lewy... |
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Suggested visual hallucinations in and out of hypnosis
...2009). Suggested visual hallucinations in and out...studies of hypnotic visual hallucinations have demonstrated physiological...let us know when these hallucinations are successfully experienced...the participants' visual hallucinations in earlier studies. However...states ... |
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Tc SPECT scan in a patient with occipital lobe infarction and complex visual...
Visual hallucinations have been reported in a variety of...including Charles Bonnet Syndrome (visual hallucinations of the blind), migraine...operation, she reported complex visual hallucinations. She described seeing dwarfs on... |
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Hallucinations Provide Insight Into The Visual Brain.
...internal circuitry of the visual brain by mathematically...activity that underlie hallucinations," Bressloff said. These geometric hallucinations take the form of checkerboards...case of geometric visual hallucinations this is a direct consequence...studying more and more complex ... |
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Visual hallucinations and blurred vision: 2 case reports
...patient 1) developed visual hallucinations and a 29-year-old man...administration, developed visual hallucinations [time to reaction onset...red moving stars; the hallucination persisted even when he closed...stopped for 3 days and his hallucinations resolved. Carbamazepine... |
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Visual hallucinations: case report
...disorder, experienced visual hallucinations after her...experienced three such hallucinations within a week. The woman...decreased to 4 mg/day and her hallucinations completely resolved. Author...case is that the onset of hallucinations started after increasing...AA. A case of transient ... |
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Somnolence and visual hallucinations following transdermal administration in...
...He subsequently experienced visual hallucinations while receiving a reduced buprenorphine...remained wide awake but experienced visual hallucinations and the dose was...remained free from somnolence and visual hallucinations. Author comment... |
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Intractable Epilepsy, Audio-Visual Hallucinations and Charcot-Marie-Tooth...
...clonic seizures and audio-visual hallucinations. INTRODUCTION Charcot-Marie...intractable epilepsy and audiovisual hallucinations. CASE REPORT This African...also developed auditory and visual hallucinations and paranoid... |
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