Hallucinations and a Psychiatrist
Physician (M.D.) who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses. Psychiatrists have a graduate degree earned from four years of medical school and have received additional training in a supervised residency. They may also have additional training in a subspecialty, such as neuropsychiatry or geriatric psychiatry. Psychiatrists typically work in a clinical setting and differ from psychologists in that they can prescribe medication.
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Types of hallucinations:
hallucination: A hallucination is the perception of something in any of the five senses that is not actually there.
auditory hallucination: Hallucination involving the sense of hearing.
gustatory hallucination: Hallucination involving the sense of taste.
hypnagogic hallucination: Vivid dreamlike hallucination occurring at the onset of sleep.
hypnopompic hallucination: Vivid dreamlike hallucination on awakening.
kinesthetic hallucination: Hallucination involving the sense of bodily movement.
lilliputian hallucination: Hallucinations in which people, animals, or objects are perceived as smaller than they would be in reality. Often associated with confusion (“delirium”) that occurs during a severe systemic illness (e.g., pneumonia) or as a reaction to a medication.
musical hallucination: Rare form of auditory hallucination in which music is heard. It is often music that is familiar to the person. It typically occurs in older individuals with existing conditions such as hearing impairment and epilepsy.
olfactory hallucination: Hallucination involving the sense of smell.
somatic hallucination: See tactile hallucination.
tactile hallucination: Hallucination involving the sense of touch, where there is the false perception of a physical sensation occurring in or to the body. Also called somatic hallucination.
visual hallucination: Hallucination involving the sense of sight.
Physician (M.D.) who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses. Psychiatrists have a graduate degree earned from four years of medical school and have received additional training in a supervised residency. They may also have additional training in a subspecialty, such as neuropsychiatry or geriatric psychiatry. Psychiatrists typically work in a clinical setting and differ from psychologists in that they can prescribe medication.
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Types of hallucinations:
hallucination: A hallucination is the perception of something in any of the five senses that is not actually there.
auditory hallucination: Hallucination involving the sense of hearing.
gustatory hallucination: Hallucination involving the sense of taste.
hypnagogic hallucination: Vivid dreamlike hallucination occurring at the onset of sleep.
hypnopompic hallucination: Vivid dreamlike hallucination on awakening.
kinesthetic hallucination: Hallucination involving the sense of bodily movement.
lilliputian hallucination: Hallucinations in which people, animals, or objects are perceived as smaller than they would be in reality. Often associated with confusion (“delirium”) that occurs during a severe systemic illness (e.g., pneumonia) or as a reaction to a medication.
musical hallucination: Rare form of auditory hallucination in which music is heard. It is often music that is familiar to the person. It typically occurs in older individuals with existing conditions such as hearing impairment and epilepsy.
olfactory hallucination: Hallucination involving the sense of smell.
somatic hallucination: See tactile hallucination.
tactile hallucination: Hallucination involving the sense of touch, where there is the false perception of a physical sensation occurring in or to the body. Also called somatic hallucination.
visual hallucination: Hallucination involving the sense of sight.