SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE ON HALLUCINATIONS

On Hallucinations in Insanity

The hallucinations and illusions of melancholic monomania (lypemania of Esquirol) are characterized by fixity, intensity, and tenacity, as well as by expression, which distinguish them from those observed in acute delirium and mania. The integrity of the reasoning power, excepting always some obscured portions, "permits lis in most cases to analyse the phenomena and follow their modifications w...

A Case Report on Somatoform Disorder: Colorful Visual Hallucinations

Objectives: To report a case of somatoform disorder (not otherwise specified-NOS). Methods: The patient was an eight-year-old boy who complained of anxiety and seeing visual hallucinations of colorful shapes. He was administered ant migraine and antiepileptic drugs. However, no changes were observed. Psychotherapy was started, as well as fluoxetine (20 mg per day). Initial assessments includ...

On the neurobiology of hallucinations.

Hallucinations are perceptions in the absence of an external stimulus and are accompanied by a compelling sense of their reality. They are a diagnostic feature of schizophrenia, occurring in an estimated 60%–70% of people with this disorder, with auditory hallucinations being the most common. However, hallucinations are not only associated with illness but can also occur in healthy individuals....

Supplementary Issue

Corrections and supplementary note to "Information-theoretic distortion measures"

In the above paper [l], several notational errors should be corrected. The energy E,, i = t , r defined in (2), when used in (6) and In addition, the following note will help clarify the above paper. The distortion measures defined in (3), (4), and (5) are " marginal " distances (distortions). The property of the marginal distortions is explained in more detail in the following: consider the es...