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A case of autoscopy in a patient with depressive illness
Author(s) -
Garry Ged
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.248
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , psychology , meaning (existential) , literal (mathematical logic) , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , psychotherapist , philosophy , linguistics , cognition , history , archaeology
The literal meaning of autoscopy is ‘looking at oneself’. Autoscopic phenomena can occur in both neurological and psychiatric disorders. Here, Dr Garry describes a case of autoscopy that occurred in the context of a depressive illness.
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