Autoscopic phenomena: two cases of psychogenic origin

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  • Lizardo Cruzado Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental «Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi». Lima, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8225-2065
  • Joanna Vicuña-Ortega Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental «Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi». Lima, Perú. / Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina de San Fernando. Lima, Perú.
  • Mijail Cruz-Mamani Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental «Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi». Lima, Perú. / Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina de San Fernando. Lima, Perú.
  • Fabiola Quispe-Turpo Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental «Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi». Lima, Perú. / Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Facultad de Medicina. Lima, Perú.
  • Juan José Lazarte-Loayza Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental «Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi». Lima, Perú. / Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina de San Fernando. Lima, Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20453/rnp.v88i1.6209

Keywords:

hallucination, body image, psychopathology

Abstract

Autoscopic phenomena include autoscopic hallucination, heautoscopy, and out-of-body experiences. Although their study had been neglected due to their apparent rarity, today they constitute a fruitful source for the study of the neurobiological bases of self and ego sense of consciousness. Its etiology, secondary to organicity, consumption of psychoactive substances and primary psychiatric conditions, also allows us to peer into the eventual connections between classical psychopathology and recent findings of the most sophisticated neurobiology. We present the report of two cases of psychogenic etiology, and postulate the heuristic possibility that, on the basis of the increasing frequency of selfies and related concepts in current human life, autoscopic phenomena may also be augmenting.

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Author Biographies

Lizardo Cruzado, Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental «Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi». Lima, Perú.

            

Joanna Vicuña-Ortega, Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental «Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi». Lima, Perú. / Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina de San Fernando. Lima, Perú.

              

Mijail Cruz-Mamani, Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental «Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi». Lima, Perú. / Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina de San Fernando. Lima, Perú.

                  

Fabiola Quispe-Turpo, Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental «Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi». Lima, Perú. / Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Facultad de Medicina. Lima, Perú.

               

Juan José Lazarte-Loayza, Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental «Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi». Lima, Perú. / Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina de San Fernando. Lima, Perú.

         

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2025-03-28

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Cruzado L, Vicuña-Ortega J, Cruz-Mamani M, Quispe-Turpo F, Lazarte-Loayza JJ. Autoscopic phenomena: two cases of psychogenic origin. Rev Neuropsiquiatr [Internet]. 2025 Mar. 28 [cited 2026 Feb. 26];88(1):67-73. Available from: https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/RNP/article/view/6209

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Vol. 88 No. 1 (2025): Enero-marzo

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