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The Real Origin of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome in Childhood is still Unknown: Does Physical Abuse Play a Major Role?
Author(s) -
Stefan Bittmann
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of clinical cases and reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-0435
DOI - 10.46619/joccr.2019.2-1036
Subject(s) - alice (programming language) , adventure , psychoanalysis , art history , psychology , art , history
Lewis Carroll wrote in 1864 the novel of Alice in Wonderland “Alice`s Adventures under Ground” [1]. The British psychiatrist John Todd (1914-1987) described the curious condition of micro-and macrosomatognosia, altered perceptions of body image, and described it as Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. John Todd described it 1955 and gave it the literary name in his publication