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The Phenomenology of Hallucinations as an Aid to Differential Diagnosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Gordon R. Lowe
Gordon R. Lowe*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Dept., Kingston General Hospital; Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Extract

This paper outlines one method of investigating the phenomenology of spontaneous hallucinations in a mental hospital population; and considers the possibility of using the method as an aid to differential diagnosis.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 123 , Issue 577 , December 1973 , pp. 621 - 633
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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