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7 - Disorders of the Experience of Self

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2024

Patricia Casey  and
Brendan Kelly
Patricia Casey
Affiliation:
University College Dublin
Brendan Kelly
Affiliation:
Trinity College, Dublin
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Summary

Recent decades have seen a revival of interest in the study of the self, self-awareness and various changes in self-awareness, especially in the context of mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia. This chapter outlines the psychopathology of various disturbances of awareness of self-activity, including depersonalisation, loss of emotional resonance, disturbances in the immediate awareness of self-unity, disturbances in the continuity of the self and disturbances of the boundaries of the self. It also explores theory of mind, consciousness and schizophrenia, which represent areas of growing research interest. The chapter concludes with suggested questions for eliciting specific symptoms in clinical practice, in addition to standard history-taking and mental state examination.

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psychopathologyselfself-awarenessdepersonalisationtheory of mindconsciousness
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Fish's Clinical Psychopathology
Signs and Symptoms in Psychiatry
 , pp. 80 - 85
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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