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True Hallucinations as a Culturally Sanctioned Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Chittaranjan Andrade ,
Shoba Srinath  and
A. Chitra Andrade
Chittaranjan Andrade*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychopharmacology
Shoba Srinath
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry
A. Chitra Andrade
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore
*
∗Department of Psychopharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore 560 029, India
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Abstract

Earlier, we reported that true hallucinations may present as a conversion symptom. We here reiterate this and suggest that cultural sanction may be one factor that can lead to hallucinations being classified as true in non-psychotic psychiatric states.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 6 , June 1988 , pp. 838 - 839
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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