Occuring in the absence of any relevant external stimulation Of the sensory modality involved (kaplan & saddocks synopsis of physical) Hallucinations have been defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fifth edition (DSM-5)1 as: “perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimulus.
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