hallucinosis
Noun: A psychiatric condition characterized by the persistent or recurrent experience of hallucinations, while the individual typically retains insight into the fact that these perceptions are not real. It is often associated with specific organic disorders or substance intoxication/withdrawal.
"Hallucinosis" is a clinical term used primarily in medical and psychiatric contexts to describe a syndrome of ongoing hallucinations. It is often modified to specify the cause (e.g., alcoholic hallucinosis).
- The patient was diagnosed with alcoholic hallucinosis after reporting persistent auditory hallucinations following cessation of heavy drinking.
- Organic hallucinosis can be a feature of certain neurological conditions.
- The differential diagnosis considered delirium versus a primary hallucinosis.
- Alcoholic hallucinosis: A specific syndrome, often occurring during withdrawal from chronic alcohol abuse, characterized primarily by auditory hallucinations (e.g., hearing accusatory or threatening voices) in a clear sensorium.
- The term implies a state of hallucinating, distinguishing it from a single, transient hallucinatory event.
- Hallucinate (verb): To experience a hallucination.
- Hallucination (noun): The perception of something not present.
- Hallucinogen (noun): A substance that can cause hallucinations.
- Hallucinatory (adjective): Relating to or resembling a hallucination.
- Psychotic disorder with hallucinations (a broader descriptive term).
This term specifically denotes a condition or state involving hallucinations. It is not used for the momentary perception itself (that is a "hallucination"). The core of the definition is the continual or recurrent nature of the false perceptions within a specific clinical framework.
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a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations