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The Charles Bonnet syndrome: A description of two cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

V Conde López ,
M Franco Martín  and
J.M. Segovia López
V Conde López
Affiliation:
Departamento de Psiquitría, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valladolid, C/ Ramón y Cajal sn, 47005Valladolid, Spain
M Franco Martín
Affiliation:
Departamento de Psiquitría, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valladolid, C/ Ramón y Cajal sn, 47005Valladolid, Spain
J.M. Segovia López
Affiliation:
Departamento de Psiquitría, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valladolid, C/ Ramón y Cajal sn, 47005Valladolid, Spain
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Summary

The Charles Bonnet syndrome is characterized by the occurrence of visual hallucinations in elderly people, but without any mental disorders. Two clinical cases are described. An etiological and physiopathological theory is proposed, based on vascular pathology, lack of visual stimulation and a psychodynamic component.

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Charles Bonnet syndromevisual hallucinationsvisual impairmentetiology

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European Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue 5 , 1996 , pp. 270 - 272
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1996

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