acute organic reaction

acute organic reaction
   see delirium.
   an alternative for the term *visual snow. Its use would seem to be restricted to the literature on * hallucinogen-induced persisting perception disorder (HPPD).
   References
   Abraham, H.D. (1983). Visual phenomenology of the LSD flashback. Archives of General Psychiatry, 40, 884-889.

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