hallucination
Let an agent explain hallucinations and their kinds in general terms, route concerning experiences to care without alarm, describe causes and treatment with attribution, and reduce stigma.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain hallucinations and their kinds in general terms, route concerning experiences to care without alarm, describe causes and treatment with attribution, and reduce stigma.
A perception in the absence of an external stimulus that has the qualities of real perception, in any sense, including auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory such as phantosmia and bodily or cenesthetic hallucinations, occurring in conditions such as psychosis, delirium, neurological disease, sleep transitions, sensory loss and substance use, and also in healthy people; hallucinations are assessed clinically and are distinct from illusions and from imaginary companions in children.
What it is for: Perceptions without external stimulus.
It can be explain kinds and causes; route concerning experiences to care; describe assessment and treatment; reduce stigma.
Distinguishing features
Perceptual
Multi-modal
Many causes
Not always pathological
What it looks like
Not visible to others; experienced perceptions.
How it is recognised
Perception without stimulus
Any sensory modality
An illusion misperceives a real stimulus; a delusion is a belief
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - a common context
is related to - hypnagogic hallucinations
In practice
Families and kinds
auditory hallucinations
visual hallucinations including lilliputian forms
olfactory and gustatory hallucinations such as phantosmia
tactile and cenesthetic hallucinations
hallucinations at sleep onset and in sensory loss
Standards and regulation
Psychiatric and neurological clinical guidelines
Mental health law on care and rights
Research ethics
Failure modes and hazards
Agents diagnosing or alarming users
Stigmatising language
Missing medical causes such as delirium
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Care When to seek help.
Routing.
Urgent
Urgent situations.
Urgent
Urgent.
- Are hallucinations accompanied by confusion, fever, distress, risk to self or others, or sudden onset, which need urgent medical assessment? boundary
- Which crisis services apply here? provenance
Assess
Assessment.
Assess
Assessment.
- How are hallucinations assessed by clinicians, and which causes are considered? provenance
- Is the user asking for a diagnosis, which needs a clinician? boundary
Understand Kinds and causes.
General information.
Kinds
Kinds of hallucination.
Kinds
Kinds.
- How do auditory, visual, olfactory, tactile and cenesthetic hallucinations differ, and what are lilliputian hallucinations and phantosmia? definition
- How do hallucinations differ from illusions, delusions and imaginary friends in childhood? definition
Causes
Causes.
Causes
Causes.
- What causes hallucinations, from psychosis and delirium to neurological disease, sensory loss, sleep transitions and substances, according to research? provenance
- How common are hallucinations in healthy people? provenance
Support Living with hallucinations.
Care.
Treatment
Treatment approaches.
Treatment
Treatment.
- Which treatments and coping approaches do guidelines and organisations describe, in general terms? provenance
- Which peer support such as hearing voices groups exists? provenance
Stigma
Language and stigma.
Stigma
Stigma.
- How can hallucinations be discussed without stigma, according to people with lived experience and health bodies? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful? boundary
Learn Science and culture.
Context.
Science
Neuroscience of hallucination.
Science
Science.
- What does neuroscience say about how hallucinations arise? provenance
- Which research is current? provenance
Culture
Hallucinations in culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How have hallucinations been understood across cultures and history, including religious and artistic contexts, with attribution? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each modality be a separate entry?
- How should crisis services be localised?
- How should research be linked?