Multi-sensory hallucinatory experiences: a diary account.
The immediate subjective world of the psychotic patient is presented in a striking personal account of a paranoid woman. The diary reveals hallucinatory processes that span auditory, visual tactile, and olfactory sensory modalities as well as the tremendous intensity of emotional turmoil that accompanies a psychotic breakdown.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012677:Sensation; D014956:Writing