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Abnormal perceptions

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Perception is the awareness of information from the sense organs.

Abnormal perceptions are classified in the following way:

  • illusions or distortions
  • hallucinations
  • pseudohallucinations

Depersonalisation and derealisation may be considered as disorders of perception.


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