Hallucinations: Research and Practice

Jan Dirk Blom, Iris E. C. Sommer - Hallucinations: Research and Practice
Published: 2011-12-21 | ISBN: 1461409586 | PDF | 441 pages | 7.20 MB

Hallucinations continue to fascinate people throughout the world. The
mere possibility of perceiving things that are not there is the stuff
that campfire tales are made of. It is one thing to be in a dream state,
to be asleep and to conjure up people, scenes, and landscapes that do
not actually exist, but it is quite another to hallucinate: to be wide
awake, and yet hear that ethereal music, see those costumed figures
strolling by, smell the roses that used to grow in your grandfather’s
garden, feel his hand upon your shoulder, sense his presence somewhere
near -- and to be the only one able to experience it. In this book, 44
international neuroscientific experts join forces to present a
state-of-the-art overview of hallucinatory phenomena, ranging from
visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and bodily hallucinations to
less well-known phenomena such as synaesthesias, musical hallucinations,
hallucinated pain, autoscopic phenomena, phantom sensations, sensed
presences, and compound hallucinations attributed to djinns. Additional
sections deal with the conceptual, phenomenological, and neuroscientific
aspects of those phenomena, and offer an update on contemporary
treatment possibilities ranging from pharmacotherapy to
electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation,
cognitive-behavioral therapy, and self-help groups. This book is
essential reading for neuroscientists, neurologists, psychiatrists,
general physicians, psychologists, historians of science, and
philosophers professionally involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and
scientific study of hallucinations. Jan Dirk Blom, M.D., Ph.D., is the
Director of the Psychiatric Residency Training Programme of the
Parnassia Bavo Group in The Hague, and holds a position as Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Groningen. Iris E.C.
Sommer, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at the University
Medical Center Utrecht and the Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience,
Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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