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A Case of “Double Autoscopy”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

S. Craske  and
B. I. Sacks
S. Craske
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, W.C.1
B. I. Sacks
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London, S.E.5, formerly Senior House Officer, Royal Free Hospital
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Disorders of body image are reported to be relatively common, and have been observed in some studies to occur in as many as 25 per cent. of psychiatric patients (Lukianowicz, 1967). Reduplication of the body image, however, is comparatively rare. Although classical literature is rich in descriptions of visual hallucinations of the self, it is only comparatively recently that this phenomenon has received medical attention. Coleman (1934) wrote at length on the possible psychological significance of the “double”, but it was left to Lhermitte (1951) to study such autoscopic experiences clinically and to draw attention to their medical importance.

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Shorter Papers
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 520 , March 1969 , pp. 343 - 345
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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