A Dictionary of Hallucinations

The Dictionary of Hallucinations, second edition, is an alphabetical  listing of issues pertaining to hallucinations and other misperceptions.  They can be roughly divided into four categories:

1.    Definitions of individual hallucinatory symptoms
2.    Medical conditions and substances associated with the mediation of hallucinations
3.    Historical figures who are known to have experienced hallucinations
4.    Miscellaneous issues

Each of the definitions of individual hallucinatory symptoms includes:
 
a  definition of the termits etymological originthe year of introduction  (if known)a reference to the author or authors who introduced the term  (if known)a description of the current usea brief explanation of the  etiology and pathophysiology of the symptom at hand (if known)references  to related termsreferences to the literature

The  second edition of A Dictionary of Hallucinations serves as a reference  manual for neuroscientists, psychiatrists, psychiatric residents,  psychologists, neurologists, historians of psychiatry, general  practitioners, and academics dealing professionally with concepts of  hallucinations and other sensory deceptions. This new edition provides  updated information and references, and includes newly discovered  hallucinations, bringing together contributions by other authorities  within the field, with all the entries edited by Prof. Blom.