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توهم

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Also known as hallucinations, hearing voice

A hallucination is a perception in the absence of an external context stimulus that has the compelling sense of reality. They are distinguishable from several related phenomena, such as dreaming (REM sleep), which does not involve wakefulness; pseudohallucination, which does not mimic real perception, and is accurately perceived as unreal; illusion, which involves distorted or misinterpreted real perception; and mental imagery, which does not mimic real perception, and is under voluntary control. Hallucinations also differ from "delusional perceptions", in which a correctly sensed and interpre

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A hallucination is when you perceive something—like seeing, hearing, or feeling something—that isn't actually there, and it feels completely real to you, which sets it apart from dreams, imagination, or misinterpreting something you actually see. Understanding hallucinations matters because they can be a sign of medical or psychological conditions that need attention, and distinguishing them from other similar experiences helps doctors and patients identify what's really going on.

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Medical condition (new).causes
Hypnagogia, Peduncular hallucinosis, Delirium tremens, Parkinson's disease, Delusion, Lewy body dementia, Charles Bonnet syndrome, hallucinogens, sensory deprivation, schizophrenia, psychedelics, sleep paralysis, drug intoxication or withdrawal, sleep deprivation, epilepsy, psychological stress, rabies, non-celiac gluten sensitivity, fever, covert weaponry
Medical condition (new).treatment
Cognitive behavioral therapy and metacognitive training
Medical condition (new).medication
Antipsychotic, AAP
Medical condition (new).name
Hallucination
Medical condition (new).image
August_Natterer_Meine_Augen_zur_Zeit_der_Erscheinungen.jpg
Medical condition (new).caption
My eyes at the moment of the apparitions by August Natterer, a German artist who created many drawings of his hallucinations
Medical condition (new).field
Psychiatry

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Research

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
symptom or sign
Part of
fantasy
Image
August Natterer Meine Augen zur Zeit der Erscheinungen.jpg
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Commons category
Hallucination
health specialty
psychotherapy
topic's main category
Category:Hallucinations
different from
delusion
exact match
purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000607
does not have characteristic
control
NCI Thesaurus ID
C37961
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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