organic hallucinosis — A term used to denote a syndrome characterized by persistent or recurrent hallucinations occurring in the unclouded mind, attributable to a manifest organic disorder. Organic hallucinosis is believed to occur in the absence of other psychotic… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
alcoholic hallucinosis — Also known as alcohol hallucinosis and alcohol induced psychotic disorder. All three terms refer to a nosological concept characterized by acute onset, a predominance of * auditory hallucinations (although delusions and hallucinations in other … Dictionary of Hallucinations
chronic tactile hallucinosis — The expression chronische taktile Halluzinose was proposed in 1954 by the German neurologist and psychiatrist Klaus Conrad (1905 1961) and his colleague N. Bers to denote a syndrome characterized by * formicative hallucinations, parasitic or… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
acute hallucinosis — The term acute hallucinosis refers to a subtype of * hallucinosis characterized by a delusional and hallucinatory state of a limited duration not necessarily with an acute onset. The term was employed from about 1900 onwards in opposition to… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Brainstem auditory hallucinosis — A term used to denote a hallucinatory state characterized by * auditory hallucinations which are attributed to aberrant neurophysiological activity in the brainstem. The concept of brain stem auditory hallucinosis is analogous to that of *… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
chronic hallucinosis — The expression chronic hallucinosis refers to a subtype of * hallucinosis characterized by delusional and hallucinatory states of a protracted, and often permanent nature. It was employed at least as early as 1900 by the German neurologist… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
cocaine hallucinosis — The term cocaine hallucinosis refers to the various hallucinatory phenomena associated with the chronic use of cocaine (as in a cocaine run or cocaine binge , which are both characterized by the prolonged consumption of high doses of cocaine) … Dictionary of Hallucinations
functional hallucinosis — A term used to denote a hallucinatory state co occurring with sensory stimulation of the same sensory modality. An example of functional hallucinosis is the occurrence of * auditory hallucinations against a background of machine noises or the… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
narcotic hallucinosis — The term narcotic hallucinosis is indebted to the Greek noun narkosis, which means petrification or anaesthesia. It translates loosely as a hallucinatory state due to the use of narcotics . The term narcotic was formerly used to denote any… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
syphilitic hallucinosis — The term syphilitic hallucinosis is used to denote a hallucinatory state attributable to syphilis. The medical Latin name syphilis comes from the Latin sus (swine), and the Greek philos (friend of). It was introduced in a medical didactic poem … Dictionary of Hallucinations
