Mind's eye: a case of out-of-body experiences.
Out-of-body experiences are the phenomena of seeing the image of one's body from an external perspective. We report the case of a patient affected by psychophysiological insomnia who presents hallucinatory phenomenon, successfully treated with haloperidol.We hypothesize that these hallucinations during psychophysiological insomnia are expression of an alteration of specific neurocognitive networks that regulate the cognitive arousal systems.
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, Bologna, Italy. miranda.occhionero@unibo.it
Miranda
M
Occhionero
Vincenzo
V
Natale
Monica
M
Martoni
Lorenzo
L
Tonetti
D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology