visual flashback

visual flashback
   A term used to denote a type of * flashback characterized by * metamorphopsias, heightened imagery, and recurrent * visual hallucinations. The term visual flashback is used in opposition to the terms somatic flashback and emotional flashback.
   References
   Abraham, H.D. (1983). Visual phenomenology of the LSD flashback. Archives of General Psychiatry, 40, 884-889.

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