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A Clinical Study of Hypnagogic Hallucinations

British Journal of Psychiatry May 1, 1971 Carrick McDonald

Hypnagogic hallucinations are well established in text books of psychiatry, as also are hypnopompic hallucinations. Hypnagogic hallucinations are those which occur as the subject falls asleep and prevent him falling into a sound sleep, whereas hypnopompic hallucinations occur when the subject is waking up. Since by definition hypnagogic hallucinations actually waken the subject, the distinction...