Self-disturbance in schizophrenia: a phenomenological approach to better understand our patients

A phenomenological approach explains the apparently unintelligible experiences of patients with schizophrenia as a disruption of the normal self-perception. Patients with schizophrenia suffer from a decline of "me," the background core of their experiences. Normally tacit experiences intru...

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Published in:Primary care companion for CNS disorders 2013, Vol.15 (1)
Main Authors: de Vries, Rob, Heering, Henriette D, Postmes, Lot, Goedhart, Saskia, Sno, Herman N, de Haan, Lieuwe
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A phenomenological approach explains the apparently unintelligible experiences of patients with schizophrenia as a disruption of the normal self-perception. Patients with schizophrenia suffer from a decline of "me," the background core of their experiences. Normally tacit experiences intrude into the forefront of their attention, and the sense that inner-world experiences are private diminishes. These patients lose the sense that they are the origin of their thoughts and actions; their self-evident network of meanings and a solid foundation of life disintegrate. Subsequently, their experiential world is transformed, alienated, intruded, and fragmented. In this article, a phenomenological investigation of the self-experiences and actions of 4 patients with schizophrenia is presented.
ISSN:2155-7772
2155-7780
2155-7780
DOI:10.4088/PCC.12m01382