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Observations of Sensory Deprivation in a Life-Threatening Situation

NATHAN L. COMER, LEO MADOW, and JAMES J. DIXONAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.2.164

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The illusions and hallucinations experienced by two miners trapped together for six days in a situation of marked reduction of sensory input are described. Their mental productions were chiefly related to wishes to be rescued, either by simple means such as doorways and stairs or by more powerful forces such as the Pope. Neither man exhibited evidence of psychosis or marked mental abnormality when examined two and three days after rescue.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124 • Number 2 • August 1967

Pages: 164 - 169

PubMed: 4951570

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Published in print: August 1967

Published online: 1 April 2006

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NATHAN L. COMER

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LEO MADOW

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JAMES J. DIXON

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Attending Psychiatrist, Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital, 111 North 49th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19139 and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Woman's Medical College

Senior Attending Psychiatrist, Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital, 111 North 49th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19139 and Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Woman's Medical College

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Observations of Sensory Deprivation in a Life-Threatening Situation

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