command hallucination
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command hallucination
a symptom (associated with a schizophrenic or psychotic mood disorder), usually auditory but sometimes visual, consisting of a message, from no external source, to do something.
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command hallucination
Psychiatry A hallucination in which a person perceives spoken orders or commands from an 'entity' within; CHs in a schizophrenic should trigger an ↑ in monitoring of Pts to prevent violent behavior or suicideMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
com·mand hal·lu·ci·na·tion
(kŏ-mand' hă-lū'si-nā'shŭn)A symptom, usually auditory but sometimes visual, consisting of a message, from no external source, to do something.
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