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Ego-psychopathology: the concept and its empirical evaluation1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Christian Scharfetter
Christian Scharfetter*
Affiliation:
Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Zürich, Switzerland
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2Address for correspondence Prof. Dr med. Christian Scharfetter, Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Postfach 68, CH-8029, Zürich 8, Switzerland.
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Synopsis

A phenomenological construct of ego-consciousness, subdivided into 5 aspects (vitality, activity, consistency, demarcation, identity) may help for systematic overview of the schizophrenic syndrome. Its construction and empirical evaluation, and the data of 260 schizophrenic probands are presented. The therapeutic implications of the model are elaborated in body-oriented treatment, especially of acute and severely ill cases.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , May 1981 , pp. 273 - 280
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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Footnotes

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This paper was presented at the meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, 20 November 1980.

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