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Conversive Hallucinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

P. Sirota ,
B. Spivac  and
B. Meshulam
P. Sirota*
Affiliation:
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
B. Spivac
Affiliation:
Geha Psychiatric Hospital
B. Meshulam
Affiliation:
Geha Psychiatric Hospital
*
Yehuda Abrabanel Mental Health Center, Batyam, Israel
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Abstract

Conversive hallucinations are rare in the psychiatric literature. The authors present a case which demonstrates the psychogenesis and phenomenology of conversive hallucinations in a young female patient.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 6 , December 1987 , pp. 844 - 846
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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