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A Comparative Study of Pseudohallucinations, Imagery and True Hallucinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

G. Sedman
G. Sedman*
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Whiteley Wood Clinic, Woofindin Road, Sheffield, 10
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Since the time of Esquirol (1838) a discrimination has been made between illusions and hallucinations. The latter are generally taken to be perceptions that spring into being in a primary way and not transpositions or distortions of any genuine perception (Jaspers, 1962). There are, however, various phenomena comparable to hallucinations proper (as defined above), such as various forms of imagery and pseudohallucinations, which may be part of normal experience. This paper is concerned with a comparison of various types of hallucinatory phenomena differentiated on phenomenological grounds.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 112 , Issue 482 , January 1966 , pp. 9 - 17
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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