^1,3Consultant Psychiatrist, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Victoria, Australia

²Clinical Psychologist, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Victoria, Australia

*Corresponding author: Kosaraju Sandeep, Consultant Psychiatrist, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Victoria, Australia, Tel: 0497751928; E-mail: [email protected].

Received Date: March 16, 2023

Published Date: March 29, 2023

Citation: Sandeep K. (2023). Mirror, Mirror on the Wall–A Case Report of Negative Autoscopy. Mathews J Psychiatry Ment Health. 8(2):39.

Copyrights: Sandeep K. © (2023).

ABSTRACT

Autoscopic phenomena are considered as a psychic illusory visual experience consisting of the perception of the image of one's own body or face within space, this can be either internal or from an external point of view. Previous descriptions were based on phenomenological criteria to distinguish six types of autoscopic experiences such as autoscopic hallucination, he-autoscopy or heautoscopic proper, feeling of a presence, out of body experience, negative and inner forms of autoscopy. We report a patient who presented with negative autoscopy in the context of generalised anxiety disorder and major depression with comorbid post traumatic symptoms and psychosis, which did not respond well to treatment.

Keywords: Negative Autoscopy, Forensic, Anxiety, Trauma, Psychosis.