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The Phenomenology of Hallucinations as an Aid to Differential Diagnosis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2018
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This paper outlines one method of investigating the phenomenology of spontaneous hallucinations in a mental hospital population; and considers the possibility of using the method as an aid to differential diagnosis.
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