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Hallucinations Induced By Sensory Deprivation: Fact Or Fiction?, Larry M. Latham
Hallucinations Induced By Sensory Deprivation: Fact Or Fiction?, Larry M. Latham
Honors Theses
Ancient mediators, ascetics, and others on religious quests deliberately withdrew from all sensory experience and even transcended awareness of their own body in order to open up the "inner rooms of the house of mind."
Experimenters of the modern era have attempted to analyze the various forms of hallucinations that have occurred under such "mysterious" circumstances. Contemporary sensory deprivation situations have yielded results which correspond very closely to the transcendentalism of the ancient mystics. However, the scientists of today have various means of complex experimentation available. Thus, hallucinations are no longer the mystical experiences of transcendentalists--hallucinations can be explained through …
The Stereotyped Image Of Mental Illness And How It Can Be Eliminated, Larry Latham
The Stereotyped Image Of Mental Illness And How It Can Be Eliminated, Larry Latham
Honors Theses
One out of every ten people in the United States will at some time be hospitalized for a mental illness. Billions of dollars each year are spent on books about personal adjustment. Mental illness is not something that the public can be ignorant about.
This paper is concerned with understanding why the public views mental disorders as it does, and how a more optimistic perception can be attained.