The core feature of Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) is the presence of visual hallucinations in people with damage to their visual systems, often triggered by acquired sight loss.
Visual hallucinations associated with CBS are vivid and involuntary, intruding upon consciousness without reflecting any underlying psychotic disorder or mental health issue.
Although CBS shares some similarities with psychoses, individuals experiencing CBS do not exhibit other features of psychotic disorders, distinguishing it as a separate phenomenon.
Charles Bonnet, in 1760, first documented visual hallucinations experienced by his grandfather, marking the recognition of CBS and its effects on those with sight loss.
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