Ebook: A Dictionary of Hallucinations

The Dictionary of Hallucinations, second edition, is an alphabetical listing of issues pertaining to hallucinations and other misperceptions. They can be roughly divided into four categories:

2.    Medical conditions and substances associated with the mediation of hallucinations

4.    Miscellaneous issues

Each of the definitions of individual hallucinatory symptoms includes:

• a definition of the term
• its etymological origin
• the year of introduction (if known)
• a reference to the author or authors who introduced the term (if known)
• a description of the current use
• a brief explanation of the etiology and pathophysiology of the symptom at hand (if known)
• references to related terms
• references to the literature