Alcoholic Hallucinatory States

Norman, Jacob P.

doi:10.15288/qjsa.1945.5.563

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“…It is well known that chronic abuse of amphetamine may precipitate a psychosis which is almost indistinguishable from schizophrenia, whereas the perceptual and especially visual experiences of the incipient stages of schizophrenia "are not unlike those induced by LSD or mescaline and auditory hallucinations only become prevalent after the process has lasted for some weeks or months." (Fischer, 1972, p. 82) Evidence showing similarities between hallucinations in schizophrenia and in chronic alcoholic psychosis give some support to the Fischer proposition (Bagley & Binitie, 1970;Freed, 1975;Norman, 1945). These studies suggest that the clinical findings referred to earlier, concerning the prevalence of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia, may not include the acute early stage of the illness, particularly before the patient contacts psychiatric services.…”

Section: Interpretation Of Cultural Variationmentioning

confidence: 93%

Social and cultural aspects of hallucinations.

Al‐Issa¹

1977

Psychological Bulletin

102

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A review of clinical and anthropological studies shows that social and cultural factors affect both the definition of, and the sensory systems involved in, hallucinations. It appears that the pejorative labeling of certain reported experiences as hallucinatory is dependent on linguistic factors as well as social and cultural beliefs (e.g., the consideration of hallucinations as an index of social maturity, social competence, and social conformity). It is pointed out that the degree of rationality in the culture is associated with attitudes, emotional response, and the attribution of pathology to hallucinatory experiences. The implications of social and cultural factors for the behavioral and psychoanalytical approaches to hallucinations are also discussed.Recently there has been an increasing interest in the study of mental imagery in general and in hallucinations in particular

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Section: Interpretation Of Cultural Variationmentioning

confidence: 93%