Psychosomatics 8: 208-209, 1967
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© 1967 Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
Psychogenic Contraction of Visual Fields
JEROME M. SCHNECK M.D.1
1 Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Psychogenic contraction of visual fields resulting in "tunnel vision" is described in a patient who experienced a "fear and flight" reaction under life threatening circumstances. His subjective experience is linked with statements about perimetric evaluations of visual field alterations that have long been known.
