Abstract
Autoscopic hallucination has been the subject of interest in the literature for the past many years. The existence of the autoscopic hallucination in clinical practice has not been reported much. An autoscopic hallucination is a purely visual impression of seeing one’s own body or its different parts as if being reflected in a mirror. Usually, this mirror image of oneself is naturally coloured. The image can be either motionless, or it imitates gestures or facial expressions. Mainly reported in organic conditionswith male predominance. However,it has been rarely reported in a psychiatric illness. We hereby report case of a female patient suffering fromschizophrenia who presented with unique phenomenology known as autoscopic hallucination.
Keywords: Autoscopic, hallucination, schizophrenia.
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Corresponding Author
Aseem Mehra
3rd Floor, Cobalt Block, Nehru Hospital, PGIMER, Chandigarh, 160012, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i7.29
