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Do cenesthesias and body image aberration characterize a subgroup in schizophrenia?
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Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica . Apr2002, Vol. 105 Issue 4, p276-282. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Objective: To identify and characterize a subgroup of schizophrenia patients with marked and dominating bodily sensations (cenesthesias and body image aberration). Method: We assessed cenesthesias and different aspects of body image aberration systematically along with common (general, positive and negative symptoms) and ego-psychopathology in 60 patients with acute paranoid schizophrenia. Cluster analysis was applied to identify subgroups. Psychopathology scores of the clusters were compared at admission and after 2 weeks of hospital treatment. Results: One of the three clusters comprised of 14 patients (23.3%) with marked disturbances of body experience (underestimation of lower extremities, desomatization, boundary loss and diminution). The subgroup was further characterized by significantly higher ego-psychopathology scores at admission. Some of the differences held true over a 2-week period. Conclusion: The findings from the present study suggest that cenesthesias and body image aberration might represent an additional dimension of psychopathology that might be used for defining a nosological subtype of schizophrenia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- *SCHIZOPHRENIA
*BODY image disturbance
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0001690X
- Volume :
- 105
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6468883
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.1107.x