title: True hallucinations as a culturally sanctioned experience.
abstract: Earlier, we reported that true hallucinations may present as a conversion symptom. We here reiterate this and suggest that cultural sanction may be one factor that can lead to hallucinations being classified as true in non-psychotic psychiatric states.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychopharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srinath
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Andrade
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology