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Alice in Wonderland Syndrome - Mental or physiological disorder?

The formal definition of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome says that it's a retinal disorder which cause objects to look smaller than they really are. But, it also says that it's associated with hallucination or an unconscious.

The definition above describe the syndrome both as a physiological disorder and a mental disorder at the same time. Which one is true? 

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"Tyger, Tyger burning bright....."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definition of Alice in Wonderland syndrome

 

Alice in Wonderland syndrome: A syndrome of distorted space, time and body image. The patient with the Alice in Wonderland syndrome has a feeling that their entire body or parts of it have been altered in shape and size. The syndrome is usually associated with visual hallucinations. The majority of patients with the syndrome have a family history of migraine headache or have overt migraine themselves.

The syndrome was first described in 1955 by the English psychiatrist John Todd (1914-1987). Todd named it, of course, for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Perhaps not coincidentally, Lewis Carroll suffered from severe migraine. Also known as a Lilliputian hallucination.

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http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=24174

 

So all in all this site and this one: http://headaches.about.com/od/migrainediseas1/a/aiw_syndrome.htm

Call it a migraine aura disorder which is psychological. 

 

 

 


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