Volume 9, suplement 3
Diagnostyka
Delusions of being affected by electromagnetic currents and fields in psychotic disorders – case reports
Tomasz Zyss1, JOANNA BOROŃ2
1. Pracownia Psychiatrii Środowiskowej Katedry Psychiatrii Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie
2. Oddziału Psychiatrii Dzieci i Młodzieży, WSSD im. św. Ludwika w Krakowie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 2000, 9, suplement 3 (11), 55-61
Keywords: psychosis, productive symptoms, electromagnetic currents and fields, electromagneticsense
Abstract
The paper presents the experienceof being affected by electric currents and magneticfields reported sometimes by psychotic patients.Several such cases are described. These delusionalphenomena are discussed in the context of the electromagneticsense.
Address for correspondence:
Dr Tomasz Zyss, Katedra Psychiatrii Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego,
ul. Kopernika 21,31-501 Kraków